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Sourcing Options Analysis

Specialized expertise in the area of optimizing sourcing of IT service delivery. Deep dive discovery process, baseline development, and future state requirements elicitation support the creation of comprehensive status quo and future state financial models. Models support rigorous and comparable analysis of full variety of sourcing alternatives. Broad solutioning process marries client requirements to best internal, market and hybrid alternatives. Comprehensive business case and migration plan supports the final, ready-to-implement recommendation.

Baseline Development
  • Review current state solution for all contexts:
    • Strategic (original and revised objectives)
    • Financial (budgets)
    • Technical (original requirements)
    • Service history (current supplier performance)
    • Relationships (governance)
  • Develop status quo financial model
  • Document current environment
  • Identify immediate improvement opportunities

Requirements and Solutioning

  • Review new commodity/service requirements
  • Review activities already conducted/existing artifacts
  • Identify both market and available internal solutions
  • Select qualified suppliers to participate in solutioning/RFP
  • Interview suppliers regarding solutioning process

Recommendation/Report

  • Create financial models of alternatives
  • Document solution scenarios
  • Identify recommended alternative

Business Case and Approvals

  • Prepare business case for recommended alternative

Migration and Transition


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