This document offers a global overview of the following important international standards and guidance for IT control and IT security in relationship to COBIT: COSO, ITIL®, ISO/IEC 17799:2005, FIPS Pub 200, ISO/IEC TR13335, ISO/IEC 15408, 2005, PRINCE2®, PMBOK®, TickIT, CMMI®, TOGAF 8.1, IT Baseline Protection Manual and NIST 800-14.
The current debate over IT spending often misses the point. Its not how much you spend, its the way you manage your IT spending that counts. The goal is not reduced spending but selective, value-creating spending that makes a greater contribution to the bottom line.
The unit labor costs are rising – exponentially in some instances – in key offshore destinations such as India. People switch jobs in a matter of weeks – the attrition rates are always a problem in booming economies. So how do you cope?
Is it time to rethink your outsourcing relationship? If you have made one of the errors highlighted in this article then the answer is yes!
An excellent presentation on the "economics" of outsourcing. Tackles key questions with data and analysis…not hype! Must read
This paper presents the Client Outsourcing Maturity Model (COMM), a three-dimensional framework and provides an example of its assessment methodology results.
This paper presents a framework for assessing outsourcing benefits and costs from the firm’s perspective
Is it time to take another look at offshoring? Why? How do you go about it? Read On…
A very good summary – I believe it lacks details – on managing outsourced processes in an organization. Good read!
Exporting business processes creates all kinds of opportunity for trouble, but companies can do much to reduce the threat. Experts from the Wharton School and Booz Allen Hamilton weigh in.
