Optimal use of IT investments

With today’s complex IT systems it is not unusual to have on-going discussions about whether the company’s IT has a realistic cost level in relation to the service that is provided. The IT Optima focus is on Total Cost of Ownership – not just IT departmental spend.

Concrete figures

Often such discussions tend to get subjective and not very constructive. However, it is possible to put concrete figures on the IT situation.  An IT Optima analysis documents the present level of the company’s IT, and points out potential for cutting costs on specific areas. Furthermore we can help you execute changes.

Specifically we measure areas such as

• capitalized costs
• operational costs
• end user time
• wasted time

We also analyse the organisation of the IT department/competence centre, systems/modules, degree of standardization etc. We can document precisely if the number of employees in the IT department / the SAP competence centre is reasonable, too few or too many in relation to the business need.

Best practice

Benchmarking can give a company inspiration from other companies with Best Practice: what IT performance have they achieved – and how? With that it gets easier setting objective goals for IT performance in relation to the company’s cost level.  We can also – if a client considers outsourcing some of the IT functions – provide figures and results from companies who have already outsourced.

New investments?

An analysis from IT Optima can be used as an IT management tool, so that it is possible to continuously keep an eye on the developments in the company’s IT and ensure an optimal relationship between costs and investments in the area. In short, we give the company a better overview over IT operations, over what needs to be prioritised and also a tool for documenting the background for choosing to prioritise this way.