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Transition

C1

Support the introduction of new IT services or the migration of legacy IT services between the IT service provider and the organization, considering, for example, staffing the project team, identifying and informing affected employees, employee placement, preparing technical interfaces, migrating data, security protocols, defining access rights, and validating availability.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Transition at each level of maturity.

1Initial
  • Practice
    Rely on the best endeavours of available personnel.
2Basic
  • Practice
    Define and document the most important interfaces between the organization and the provider.
    Outcome
    Through basic collaboration between the organization and the provider, formal identification of transition needs is documented.
    Metrics
    • % of staff satisfied with the provider.
    • # of transition problems that are escalated due to a lack of collaboration between the provider and the organization.
  • Practice
    Define the most important communication structures for a Sourcing transition project.
    Outcome
    Basic progress tracking of projects is possible.
    Metric
    % of provider transition projects finished on time.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Prepare a transition project for all major areas (e.g. project team staffing, identifying and informing affected staff, preparing technical infrastructure interfaces, ensuring access rights availability).
    Outcome
    Most transition projects are expected to start on time with all relevant preparation being already completed.
    Metrics
    • % of new provider projects starting on time.
    • % of new provider projects that failed or were delayed.
  • Practice
    Manage all transitions as projects with a basic set of project management tools (e.g., PMO, project plan, organizational chart, and timeline).
    Outcome
    Transition projects have the toolkit to succeed, albeit not tracked permanently.
    Metrics
    • % of projects succeeding.
    • % of provider transition projects finished on time.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Prepare a transition project based on a detailed requirements analysis.
    Outcome
    Transition projects can start on the basis of a tailored preparation.
    Metric
    % of new provider transition projects that deliver against their objectives.
  • Practice
    Establish a full set of KPIs for transition projects and track them on an ongoing basis.
    Outcome
    Timely and reliable completion of a transition project is ensured.
    Metric
    % of provider transition projects that deliver against their objectives/KPIs.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Conduct preparation activities in advance of a provider partnership and optimize ongoing partnerships.
    Outcome
    Learnings for next preparation activities can be generated.
    Metrics
    • % of repeat issues arising related to provider transition.
    • % of actions completed arising from a review of the transition process.
  • Practice
    Consistently review and optimize project management tools and key performance indicators (KPIs); and introduce new techniques for their use in the transition context.
    Outcome
    Each project uses the most appropriate management tools to deliver the expected project Sourcing transition outcomes.
    Metrics
    • # of new KPIs introduced.
    • # of reviews of current techniques.
    • % completion of actions arising from a review of transition process support tools.