In a speech on economic development in January this year, UK Prime Minister David Cameron addressed the need to develop businesses in sectors that will be key to the UK’s economic future. The government’s plans to foster development include direct changes to government procurement practices to foster contract awards to…
After more than 20 years of modern outsourcing, articles and studies still proclaim a failure rate ranging from 25 – 50%. Skeptical? Just talk to a sampling of those who have reasonable experience at managing an IT outsourcing relationship, or just do a little online searching. It’s no secret that…
Conventional wisdom among technology and outsourcing practitioners is that neither side would willingly litigate an enterprise technology or outsourcing agreement. Each party has too much to lose from the public airing of a failing relationship. If that is true, why are we seeing more media stories of disputes around large-scale…
The implementation of any sourcing relationship occurs over three stages that Pillsbury has historically referred to as T3: Transfer, Transition and Transformation. Transfer is comprised of those activities, like the movement of people, sale of assets or assignment of licenses, that need to occur at the start of any third-party…