outsourcing guide

This outsourcing guide provides an overview of technology outsourcing and the key steps for evaluation and implementation. It helps understand the drivers behind outsourcing i.e. factors that drive organizations to outsource IT services, implementation considerations, and important steps to take.

This guide has been written for Small and Mid Sized Businesses (SME) but can be used by organizations of all sizes. It provides a very good overview of outsourcing - what is it? what can/should you outsource? what are the benefits? what is the process? - so is worth a quick read.

 This introductory chapter provides the myths, risks and best practices of outsourcing with a checklist for strategically successful offshoring.

 Outsourcing Management Body of Knowledge (OMBOK)™ is a framework for professional outsourcing

 A very good presentation on outsourcing the IT department. It provides a good definition of outsourcing and its rationale and then covers key aspects related to the outsourcing process.

 This presentation describes a 7 step process to strategic sourcing.

This presentation provides an overview of the decision making and implementation processes to outsource e_Commerce initiatives.

This whitepaper helps senior IT leaders answer four key questions: why outsource, when to outsource, how much to outsource and where to outsource.

This extensive report discusses information technology sourcing and IT sourcing best practices.