Strategy Alignment
Maximize the benefits of the organization's IT supplier sourcing practices (for example, insourcing, outsourcing, etc.) by aligning them with the organization's wider strategic priorities.
Improvement Planning
Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)
Representative POMs are described for Strategy Alignment at each level of maturity.
- 1Initial
- Practice
- Best endeavours of available personnel.
- 2Basic
- Practice
- Incorporate a number of sourcing options and activities, as part of the IT strategy.
- Outcome
- Sourcing opportunities begin to support the IT strategy.
- Metric
- % of sourcing decisions based on the IT strategy
- 3Intermediate
- Practice
- Consider aligning sourcing options with organizational priorities, as part of the execution of the IT strategy.
- Outcome
- The organization acknowledges sourcing as an important part of the overall IT strategy.
- Metric
- % of IT strategy meetings that have sourcing topics on the agenda
- 4Advanced
- Practice
- Systematically incorporate sourcing options and activities in line with strategic organizational priorities.
- Outcome
- The organization is focused on sourcing opportunities that support both the IT strategy and the corporate sourcing strategy.
- Metric
- % of sourcing strategies referencing IT strategy and the corporate sourcing strategy
- 5Optimized
- Practice
- Review the sourcing strategy continually with a focus on strategic organizational priorities and on enabling agility and innovation.
- Outcome
- Sourcing strategy is maintained continually in alignment with the business and functional strategies of the organization.
- Metric
- % of incidents of review and updating of sourcing strategy in business strategy documentation