Euro-centric IT services partnerships will grow as India’s pure-plays seek deeper penetration for their application expertise and local providers respond to client demands for cheaper IT service delivery. In this checklist, Forrester assumes that local providers become lead providers in an IT partnership for global delivery. Sourcing groups can use 10 questions to ensure that the IT partnership’s value proposition, commercial model, governance, and communication protocols provide a sound basis for low-risk global IT service delivery.