Many sourcing and vendor management leaders tell Forrester that they want to use our strategic approach to software sourcing, and yet are unable to overcome widespread resistance to central initiatives and edicts from federated IT decision-makers. This report will help you create a strategic plan to transform the way your organization buys software by describing three alternative ways to approach software sourcing and explaining how to pick the product that is right for your business. We'll lay out the advantages and drawbacks of taking a holistic approach to each supplier, as opposed to analyzing each category in turn, or using individual projects and contracts to drive gradual change.