Comments on: Insourcing for IT organizations http://pmgandhi.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/insourcing-for-it-organizations/ Its all about delivering business value Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:39:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dancingmango » Duplication and lack of clarity: That’s most corporations right? http://pmgandhi.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/insourcing-for-it-organizations/#comment-3591 dancingmango » Duplication and lack of clarity: That’s most corporations right? Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:41:28 +0000 http://pmgandhi.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/insourcing-for-it-organizations/#comment-3591 [...] Undoubtedly she needs IT support. Here comes more inefficiency. Whilst a similar technology may be used by another part of the business, it does not entirely meet her requirements. So a new product is built. Throw in outsourcing and inefficiencies are abound. It is not in the interests of the vendor to strive for simplicity. (Read PG’s excellent analysis of the problem with outsourcing IT). [...] [...] Undoubtedly she needs IT support. Here comes more inefficiency. Whilst a similar technology may be used by another part of the business, it does not entirely meet her requirements. So a new product is built. Throw in outsourcing and inefficiencies are abound. It is not in the interests of the vendor to strive for simplicity. (Read PG’s excellent analysis of the problem with outsourcing IT). [...]

]]> By: Michael Hugos http://pmgandhi.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/insourcing-for-it-organizations/#comment-4 Michael Hugos Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:50:48 +0000 http://pmgandhi.wordpress.com/2006/07/27/insourcing-for-it-organizations/#comment-4 You are absolutely right - sluggish, in-house, IT monopolies do indeed hurt company competitiveness. And so does indifferent, uncooperative, outsourced IT operations. IT is what companies use to implement their business strategies. That means they need to deploy and use IT efficiently and also effectively if they are going to succeed in the hyper competitive global economy. In-house IT groups need to find real alliance partners to whom they can outsource much of the day-to-day operating of existing systems. The most value to the business comes when in-house IT focuses on strategic alignment with the business and the development of new systems to enable that alignment. You are absolutely right – sluggish, in-house, IT monopolies do indeed hurt company competitiveness. And so does indifferent, uncooperative, outsourced IT operations. IT is what companies use to implement their business strategies. That means they need to deploy and use IT efficiently and also effectively if they are going to succeed in the hyper competitive global economy.

In-house IT groups need to find real alliance partners to whom they can outsource much of the day-to-day operating of existing systems. The most value to the business comes when in-house IT focuses on strategic alignment with the business and the development of new systems to enable that alignment.

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