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Alsbridge Reveals, Are Your Applications Supportable in an Outsourcing Model?
Award winning benchmarking, sourcing and
transformation advisory firm, Alsbridge, Inc., today released a new report
titled “Are My Applications Supportable in an Outsourcing Model?,” revealing a disciplined approach to
analyzing the sourcing suitability of your applications portfolio to help guide
you to a solid decision based on data.
The decision of which applications are candidates
for sourcing is not always an easy one. The key to making an informed decision
lies in developing a thorough applications portfolio inventory and then running
various analyses to understand potential risks that would need to be mitigated
if they were to be outsourced.
Applications
Portfolio Inventory
To proceed with a disciplined sourcing suitability
analysis, the first step is to ensure that you have a full inventory of your
entire applications portfolio. This latest report by Alsbridge Inc., lists the detailed attributes that the inventory should contain.
The
Six Applications Sourcing Suitability Criteria
There are six subjective attributes that should be
captured as part of the overall applications portfolio inventory.
- Application
Complexity
- Level
of Documentation
- Application
Maturity
- Application
Stability
- Intellectual
Property/Data Security Concerns
- End
User Impact
Examples
of Applications Portfolio Inventory Analysis
Once the foundation has been laid with an accurate
applications portfolio inventory, you will be able to do several types of
analyses that will provide you with the insight you need to make an informed
decision on the scope of applications that can be sourced. A few of these are illustrated below:
- Overall
Sourcing Suitability by Applications and by Applications Group
- Supportability
and Risk
- Application
Disposition
- Costs of
Maintaining, Enhancing and Developing Applications
The above examples, serving as good guidance to help
you think through the questions to be answered for your specific situation are
discussed in detail in the complete white paper Are My Applications Supportable in an Outsourcing Model?
About
Alsbridge Inc.
Alsbridge provides world class sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for
the CIO, CFO and CPO. We’ve helped
hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors. Our experienced consultants leverage
proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal
vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market
prices, and improve the way you work with your vendors. Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost
effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services,
hardware and maintenance, network services, software and maintenance, application
support and development, business processes and cloud services. Alsbridge was
ranked the #1 outsourcing advisor in the world by the International Association
of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) based on the value delivered to clients. This commitment to delivering value to our
clients has made Alsbridge a distinguished member of the 2010 Inc. 500 fastest
growing privately held companies in America.
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