Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit

Track A: Outsourcing Strategy & Governance: Ensuring Success

Mastering the design and management of multisourcing – creating a business-driven sourcing strategy, setting up an agile and flexible governance framework and dynamically managing all sourcing activities – requires new and sensible approaches. The bottom line: how to take advantage of opportunities in the market that combine with seamless service delivery. Here’s the guidance you need on the best ways to tame the complexity of multisourcing.

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Sessions

Practical Guide to Sourcing Strategies and Execution

Enterprises all have a mix on internal and external sourcing across of a myriad of business and IT processes. Here we help clients navigate the analysis of options, sourcing models in a pragmatic executable approach. Most importantly, with an eye on how all the sourcing choices need to be managed and governed.

The Executive Guide to Strategy and Governance in a Cloudy World

Two of the most frequently asked questions are "What is the impact of cloud?" and "Do we need new governance?" Thus far, cloud discussions have focused on the tactical. This session examines the broader strategic factors that are in play and presents advice and guidance on how to ensure the cloud doesn't darken your day.

Roundtable: Using a Multisourcing Services Integrator (MSI) (Registration will open the week of July 17, 2010)

This roundtable will cover the MSI role, what it is, how it fits into the disciplined multi-sourcing, characteristics you should seek when selecting MSI's and what some of the providers capabilities are that results in effective vendor management. All end-user attendees at the event are invited to register for Analyst/User Roundtables. Seating is limited and appointments will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve your spot early as these sessions always sell-out quickly!

Outsourcing Strategies & Decision Frameworks for Shared Service Centers (SSC)

Shared services centers (SSCs) and Centers of Excellence (COEs) are terms that often utilized interchangeably and for some are used in conjunction with outsourcing. The terms oftent conjure up discussions regarding costs, organizing functions for efficiency, and improving the quality of services. Here, we present guidance and strategies for setting up a SSC, the necessary decision framework to design it, and the tools needed to conduct an outsourcing analysis.

Roundtable: What Can't We All Just Get Along: Fostering Collaboration in Multisourcing (Registration will open the week of July 17, 2010)

Coordination and cooperation between internal and external staff and among suppliers is essential to building a seamless, cohesive IT operation. This roundtable will focus on the techniques for developing the culture of collaboration and cooperation in multisourcing. All end-user attendees at the event are invited to register for Analyst/User Roundtables. Seating is limited and appointments will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve your spot early as these sessions always sell-out quickly!

Create a Sourcing Organization to Optimize Outsourcing

Few enterprises have a formal and well-developed sourcing organization and yet, as multisourcing becomes more complex, it is essential to integrate IT sourcing management activities into an organization. This presentation explores why and how enterprises should develop a formal sourcing organization.

Sourcing Strategies, Relationship Models and Case Studies

Successful businesses need know how to leverage multiple sourcing models for their business driven sourcing strategy. Choice ranges from best of breed to full service and many options in between (Consortia, Joint Ventures as well as emerging models like Aggregators and Brokers models). Learn how and when you must use each model, based on Gartner analysis and relevant case studies.

Critical Factors for Effective Multisourcing Management

Service delivery to our operations must be seamless and effective. But that can be difficult to accomplish when using both internal and external resources. This presentation will explain the critical success factors in managing multisourcing.

Interactive Workshop: Iterative Approach To Managing Sourcing Risks

Navigating complexity involves managing risk. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn more about the practical process of strategizing and executing a sourcing risk register.

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With a wealth of sessions, it is helpful to have a tool to build your own agenda focusing on your own needs. The online Agenda Builder helps you select and add them to your calendar, and to build in networking and reflection time into your schedule. You can follow one of the specific tracks, or sessions based on maturity of your projects, business or technology focused sessions or just simply mix and match! Get the most of the full two days!

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