83% of companies expect IT to be more agile, flexible, and quick to react to changing market requirements such as political and economic crises (c.f. Lünendonk & Hossenfelder GmbH).
Our IT sourcing services cover the entire sourcing lifecycle, from the creation of forward-looking strategies and the execution of operational tasks to the management of transition and transformation efforts.
BearingPoint divides the IT sourcing lifecycle into three strategic pillars, each enhanced by our specific assets.
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Strategic CIO and sourcing advisory
Phase 1: Target operating model
We design an IT operating model aligned with your existing IT strategy, ensuring it seamlessly supports your corporate strategy.Phase 2: Sourcing readiness and gap analysis
We assess your current IT landscape to identify areas for improvement, ensuring your company is prepared for sourcing projects. Our expertise is in developing a consistent service integration and management model, enabling efficient multi-provider management and effective orchestration of your IT service providers. -
Operational IT sourcing advisory
Phase 3: Service definition and refinement
We design and continuously optimize IT services that align with your business processes.Phase 4: RFP and provider selection
Based on the scope of IT services, we craft and support your RFP process. We assist in selecting your IT service providers, ensuring the highest quality and performance of externally delivered services for your company.Phase 5: Negotiation and contract management
Our experienced team guides you through the entire process, from awarding contracts and negotiating with IT service providers to finalizing agreements. We also assist in managing existing and new provider contracts. -
Transition and transformation management
Phase 6: Transition
We plan and coordinate the transition of your IT services to ensure that the change to the new IT provider is carried out professionally and with minimal risks and downtimes.Phase 7: Service operation
Following a successful transition, we support you in IT provider management to ensure that the IT provider’s performance remains at the required level, including monitoring SLAs and the contract.Phase 8: Exit management
The final phase includes all tasks, ensuring a smooth and seamless exit from the IT provider contract and the transition from the established IT provider to a new one. It is also possible to renegotiate the existing IT provider contract.
Our approach is complemented by strategic assets such as our IT sourcing toolbox, SIAM Quick Assessments, and ZeroBase IT toolbox, which enable us to act based on sound data and analyses.
Our mission is to examine your company along the entire value chain. In our BearingPoint network, we bring together industry experts, IT strategy and sourcing specialists, compliance and risk management specialists, and IT security specialists to ensure end-to-end implementation for your project.
We are your ideal partner for the latest in IT strategies.
