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Outsourcing Value

The Outsourcing Value category within the CIO Reference Library is designed to provide CIOs and other IT executives with a comprehensive understanding of the value that outsourcing can bring to their organization. Outsourcing is the practice of contracting with a third-party vendor to perform a business function or service that is traditionally handled in-house, and can include IT functions such as software development, helpdesk support, and network management.

Outsourcing Value refers to the benefits that organizations can achieve by outsourcing, including cost savings, access to specialized skills and expertise, improved business agility, and the ability to focus on core business activities. The Outsourcing Value category includes a range of resources, including articles, whitepapers, and case studies, that offer insights into the different ways that outsourcing can create value for organizations.

Through the Outsourcing Value category, CIOs and IT executives can gain a deeper understanding of the value that outsourcing can bring to their organization and learn how to measure and maximize this value. They can also gain insights into best practices for outsourcing value creation, such as:

  1. Strategic alignment: How to ensure that outsourcing is aligned with organizational goals and contributes to the overall business strategy.
  2. Vendor selection: How to identify and select outsourcing vendors that can deliver the required value and meet organizational needs.
  3. Performance management: How to effectively manage and measure vendor performance to ensure that outsourcing is delivering the expected value.
  4. Risk management: How to identify and manage risks associated with outsourcing to minimize negative impacts on value creation.

By leveraging the resources in the Outsourcing Value category, CIOs and IT executives can optimize their outsourcing operations to achieve maximum value and realize the full potential of outsourcing as a strategic business tool.

e-Book: IT Outsourcing Business Value

This research delved into the value created by outsourcing of information technology (IT Outsourcing). How does it address business imperatives? Does it positively or negatively impact business value? How can you tell? An excellent discussion on the business value of outsourcing. (500 pages)

Capability Sourcing Overview

A quick discussion on outsourcing – why outsource? what to outsource? whom to outsource it to? it is all about business value – outsourcing helps an organization focus on their core competencies so the promise is that creates more business value.

Best Practices in High-Performance Outsourcing

This paper discusses the key learning/best practices, that lead to high performance outsourcing, gleaned from the masters i.e. executives who have been there, done that and can claim success in the world of outsourcing services! 

Improving Outsourcing Success

<div>This presentation discusses four common reasons for outsourcing failure or barriers to success and recommends alternatives to help overcome them.</div>

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