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Rightsizing
"...getting the most from your IT resources, by using the right components"
| The IT and Infrastructure functions of today typically consume vast resources with complex processes, relationships and agreements. Within most enterprises, they have the ability to grow in size, complexity and cost as the business expands, but struggle to transform or resize when conditions change or the business changes. Rightsizing is about how to make those changes, to re-order the important and changing priorities of complex business delivery and get the most from limited resources |  |
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At Viewdeck we have been working with a wide range of public and private sector organisations on identifying and implementing change. Often there are barriers to change, which come from legacy practises, processes and existing/embedded culture, however what we believe is that often with clear business buy-in, most of these changes can be made swiftly, with little to no impact, and in a relatively short time. A clear vision of what is important to the business, the restrictions and dependencies that are in place, and a good view of what the market and modern technology can offer are the enablers needed to make successful change happen.. |
Implementation can only be achieved with a shared responsibility and drive from the business, IT and the chosen suppliers. Momentum is an important factor, keeping people and the organisation focused on the goal. In the current climate we look for rapid ROI; changes that provide high risk, high up front cost and long term returns often fail to meet the expectations and aspirations at the outset. To help make this happen, at Viewdeck we have developed a number of useful and easy to follow techniques that can drive through visible and valuable changes in a short time, giving back to the business resources and flexibility that had been lost.
The Rightsizing Process.
| The Viewdeck Rightsizing Process is a simple three phase programme that we use to help businesses achieve what it needs to accomplish with the minimum of risk and the maximum of return. This simple model allows the business to make quick, manageable but equally sizable changes using the simple rule "Keep it Simple, Quick and Small ". With this, we work with business to seek out and implement meaningful and measurable changes in under 3 months..from concept through to delivery. To enable this to happen, we work with the stakeholders to help each component push through the critical changes needed. Buy-in is important to ensure successful implementation and successful realisation of the anticipated benefits |
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Phase1:Short Engagement to identify potential candidates for change |
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Phase2:Agree, Cost & Plan the Changes |
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Phase3:Implement and Measure the Solutions |
Typical Candidate List for Potential Changes.
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Industry Benchmarking, Supplier Measuring, and renegotiation. | |
Quick Architectural Wins ( Getting information where it is needed ... ) |
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Changing your delivery model, Bring in house the important things, loose the lower value/higher cost items | |
Rapid Legacy Removal/isolation, enabling processing where it is needed |
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Business to IT engagement Model. People/Process/Culture | |
Automated Decision Support, Manual process improvements, Workflow implementation |
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Re-baselining unit costs ( Infrastructure, Maintenance, Components, Programmes... ) | |
Customer Self Service implementation |
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Alternative Supplier Engagement | |
Facilities and Utilities Costs ( unit costs, delivery & capital costs, investment costs ) |
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Squeezing exiting assets, Quickwins | |
Rapid ROI from Offshoring |
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Understanding/retaining business value: Sticking with core-competencies, holding on to business critical knowledge | |
Alternative licensing models ( Open source, reducing the cost of maintenance & renewal ). |
| Ultimately, its about ensuring you are getting the most from your IT and Facilities Investment, helping you to reduce the costs. |