Top 9 Ways to Master Your RFP and Vendor Selection Process June 2, 2022 Greg Hall Reading Time: 5 minutes Companies are always looking for ways to improve their processes and lead with more efficiency. One of the most productive… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Contract Negotiations, ERP Program Management, IT Services
Fixed Fee Structures: 4 Key Items to Negotiate for a Successful Transformation Program May 26, 2022 UpperEdge Reading Time: 4 minutes Negotiating with the likes of Accenture, Deloitte, and other major vendors for strategic transformation initiatives is a challenging task, and… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Contract Negotiations, Digital Transformation, IT Services, System Integrators
How to Make Your SLAs Meaningful in SaaS Cloud Agreements December 28, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes A service level agreement (SLA) is an agreement between a cloud service provider and an organization that guarantees a minimum… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, Contract Negotiations, IT Sourcing, System Integrators
Building Elasticity in Outsourced Managed Services February 18, 2020 Greg Hall Reading Time: 5 minutes There are always risks involved with outsourcing IT services, but this is especially true when outsourcing critical managed services such… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Managed Services
Companies are Raising the Bar for AMS Providers December 23, 2019 Greg Hall Reading Time: 3 minutes How CIO’s and CTO’s are Changing the Narrative on AMS Expectations Application Management Support (AMS) providers aren’t winning or preserving… Read More Categories: Application Management Services
How to Establish and Maintain Control of a Fixed Price Outsourcing Agreement December 12, 2019 Greg Hall Reading Time: 4 minutes Managing Change with Deadband, ARC, and RRC Metrics A best practice to address changes to your scope of outsourced services… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, IT Sourcing
Normalizing Your I&O RFP Proposals: Solid Application Management Metrics You Can Operationalize May 28, 2019 Greg Hall Reading Time: 5 minutes Best Practice Metrics for Tower-based I&O Services As we continue our 5-part series on Normalizing Your I&O RFP Proposals: Solid… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, I&O Services, IT Sourcing
Keep Two Hands on the Wheel: Mitigate AMS Partner Risks April 9, 2019 UpperEdge Reading Time: 4 minutes With the advent of the digital enterprise where more and more organizations are executing to their digital agenda, new technologies… Read More Categories: Application Management Services
An ERP DIY is Just Alphabet Soup June 19, 2018 Ted Rogers Reading Time: 4 minutes You run your business every day and your experience qualifies you for your role. But how often do you engage… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, ERP Program Management, System Integrators
The Effective CIO’s Approach to Migrating SAP ECC to S/4HANA March 6, 2018 Len Riley Reading Time: 3 minutes Migrating to S/4HANA is a huge endeavor that requires the participation of both internal stakeholders and external advisors to enable… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, ERP Program Management, SAP, System Integrators