Align This: Why It’s Hard to Sell IT Projects to the Business
How do you go about achieving the almost-mythical alignment between IT and the business? A recent article in Insurance Networking News discusses some strategies from Compass based on IT cost allocation and analyzing the total cost of business processes.
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Government IT Waste
According to Compass,taxpayers in the UK are paying up to $8.8 billion a year more than necessary for IT outsourcing services. Compass estimates that standardizing IT service delivery could result in savings of up to 40 percent. Compass adds that existing government value-for-money initiatives are "far too timid." |
Nine Signs It's Time to Fire Your Vendor
How do you know when it's time to fire your outsourcer? A recent article in CIO magazine describes nine signs that tell you it's time to move on. |
Are Your Outsourcer's Prices Too Low?
In a recent CIO feature Bob Mathers discusses how bargain basement outsourcing prices can pose as big a problem to IT departments as exorbitant ones. |
Why You Should Be Thinking About Demand Management
Scott Feuless discusses declining IT unit costs vs. growth of demand for IT resources, and outlines demand management strategies as a way to control costs and support the business. |
It's Big Picture Time for Application Development Projects
A new article in IT Jungle quotes Mike Garman on the topic of application rationalization, and includes a reference link to the recent Compass article, “Getting to Why.” |
Ten Outsourcing Trends to watch in 2010
Bob Mathers, a Principal Consultant with Compass, is quoted in CIO on contract renegotiations and on increased client wariness with multi-sourcing arrangements. |
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