Gartner IT Sourcing, Procurement, Vendor & Asset Management Summit 2018 September 5 - 7 / Orlando, FL

Sourcing and procurement leaders have a reputation for being a delay in achieving critical business initiatives which are commonly dependent on technology suppliers. This session will cover: • How does a category plan enable better alignment and engagement with your stakeholders? • What are the critical components and sources of information to build a proactive category plan? • How often should we update our plan to embed it into our existing operating model?

This session will provide an overview of SAM, the key components of a successful discipline including people, process and tools: • What SAM is and (why) to do it. • What you need to do to establish SAM. •Tools and resources needed for effective SAM.

The cost and effort of implementing SAM tools are often underestimated, resulting in prepurchase expectations that are not met. ITAM leaders must ensure they have accurate license entitlement data, sufficient resources, and objectives to support a successful outcome. This session examines: • How to ensure we have software entitlement data to support your tool implementation. • How to determine the scope of your effort. • Key considerations to determine an effective staffing strategy.

SaaS vendors introduce complexity which requires new approaches to managing them. This session will examine how to discover who your SaaS vendors are while pinpointing the key considerations for post-contract performance management and financial governance. Key issues: • What are the key SLA’s and performance criteria to ensure application uptime and performance? • What approaches can effectively govern consumption and optimize costs? • What categories of third-party tools can be purposed to discover, optimize consumption, and measure the performance of SaaS vendors?