Cost Optimisation

ARE YOU TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF YOUR IT BUDGET?

IT cost optimisation is dominating the boardroom agenda. It affects five key IT issues companies currently face:
· Cutting or stabilising IT costs
· Aligning IT investments with business direction
· Managing IT resources
· Prioritising investments
· Delivering IT services that provide real value and operational benefits to the business

Most companies have experienced a period of rapid and at times chaotic IT growth, and some have also been through significant business changes due to acquisitions or restructuring. As a result, many companies do not have a good understanding of the current IT cost base and therefore find it difficult to optimise IT spending.

Do some of these symptoms sound familiar?:
· IT spend not aligned with corporate objectives
· Departmental or project budgets frequently exceeded
· IT costs escalating as corporate revenues decrease
· Project demand exceeding IT budget and delivery capacity
· IT service perceived as ineffective by users
· True IT costs not quantified or understood
· IT asset register unavailable or out of date
· Hardware and software not standardised
· Software licences inadequately controlled
· IT functions replicated across the enterprise
· Reliance on costly, long term contractors
· Procurement not delivering optimum value for money

ITWinners help you:
· Assess the cost of your current IT portfolio
· Identify where real potential exists for optimising these costs
· Create an action plan to show you how to deliver efficiency improvements
· Identify quick wins to deliver immediate cost savings
· Identify longer term cost management strategies that will deliver recurring sustainable savings - enabling you to apply your budgeted funds to truly important activities

Our Assessment approach takes you through each area of IT cost in turn - challenging assumptions regarding the status quo and drawing out opportunities for improvement. The goal is rapid return both during the assessment and for the subsequent projects. Recognising that cost optimisation may be a sensitive issue in some organisations, our approach relies on workshops and consensus building techniques to maximise co-operation.