Case Study

Case Study: A Revolutionary Change Within Cisco IT Helps Manage IT's Value-Add

How Service Portfolio Management Transitioned Cisco IT To A Partner Player

October 7th, 2011
Eveline Oehrlich, null
Eveline Oehrlich
With contributors:
Doug Washburn , Lindsey Kempton , Stephen Mann

Summary

Cisco's CIO and several of her IT leaders introduced an IT-wide change in how they manage their organization and communicate their performance both within and outside of the IT organization. The cornerstone to this change was a service portfolio management approach that identified the services available and their costs. This information allows both IT and the business to compare Cisco IT services with others, prioritize optimization opportunities, and clearly connect how and where Cisco IT provides value to the enterprise. While this required significant effort from the Cisco IT leaders, it helped them shift to a partner, leader, and enabler role for their "customers" — other lines of business — across the enterprise.

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