25 Ways to Cut IT Costs - The 25 Ways to Cut IT Spend List (
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According to Gartner, here
are the best ways to find IT savings:
1) Initially focus on cutting “people
costs.” Freeze headcount, reduce/eliminate special bonuses, reduce regional
support.
2) Flatten organization structure.
Move to collaborative team-based models and change span of control assumptions:
For example, change the management to staff ratio from 1 to 7 to 1 to 20.
3) Accelerate the progress of
centralized and shared services. Leverage enterprisewide competencies by
reducing staff members embedded in business units.
4) Bring a qualified finance
person onto your IT leadership team, either on loan or on a temporary contract.
5) Maintain or strengthen
relationship management roles, such as business analysts, business process and
industry experts, account executives and relationship managers
6) Take control of “unmanaged”
costs you can measure and cut easily, such as data center power consumption and
printing.
7) Use invoice verification.
8) Eliminate unused
software/modules.
9) Apply more sophisticated
negotiations.
10) Use alternative products
included in previous deals.
According to Gartner, here
are the best ways to find IT savings:
1) Initially focus on cutting “people
costs.” Freeze headcount, reduce/eliminate special bonuses, reduce regional
support.
2) Flatten organization structure.
Move to collaborative team-based models and change span of control assumptions:
For example, change the management to staff ratio from 1 to 7 to 1 to 20.
3) Accelerate the progress of
centralized and shared services. Leverage enterprisewide competencies by
reducing staff members embedded in business units.
4) Bring a qualified finance
person onto your IT leadership team, either on loan or on a temporary contract.
5) Maintain or strengthen
relationship management roles, such as business analysts, business process and
industry experts, account executives and relationship managers
6) Take control of “unmanaged”
costs you can measure and cut easily, such as data center power consumption and
printing.
7) Use invoice verification.
8) Eliminate unused
software/modules.
9) Apply more sophisticated
negotiations.
10) Use alternative products
included in previous deals.
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