For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals (Length: 13 pages)

January 12, 2007

Overview Of Outsourcing Advisory Firms

What Customers Should Know About The "Dealmakers"

by Paul Roehrig, Ph.D.

with Tom Pohlmann, Francesca Bartolomey


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester estimates that the worldwide IT and applications outsourcing market is now worth about $120 billion per year. Because multiyear outsourcing deals are common, even a conservative estimate is that outsourcing agreements lock up more than half a trillion dollars of total contract value (TCV). IT and procurement executives frequently turn to outsourcing intermediaries to help build successful deals. The technology trappings of IT outsourcing have been subject to endless scrutiny, but successful outsourcing relationships are built on deals that in many cases get crafted with guidance from specialized consultants — dealmakers who wield tremendous sway over customers, suppliers, and the overall sourcing industry. Forrester interviewed representatives from some of these advisory firms to help IT and procurement executives make more informed sourcing decisions.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemDealmakers Shape Outsourcing Experiences And The Market

itemAdvisory Firms Will Continue To Influence The Outsourcing Market And Practice

itemProfiling The Outsourcing Advisory Firms

itemPoints Of Differentiation

itemSourcing Deal Portfolios

recommendations

itemSelect An Advisory Firm In Line With Your Strategy

WHAT IT MEANS

itemMost Sourcing Deal Customers Will Benefit From Advisory Support

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed Deloitte, EquaTerra, neoIT, PA Consulting Group, Pace Harmon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, RampRate, and TPI.

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Analyst: Paul Roehrig, Ph.D.
Technology: IT Consulting, IT Management, IT Organization, IT Services, Outsourcing, Systems Integration
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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