Service Costing Systems/Platforms like Magic Orange, Nicus, Apptio, and others in the industry provide powerful automation of data integration and transformation as well as modeling and reporting capabilities beyond what can be achieved with complex Excel solutions you may have built in house. Although the manual inputs and processes of Excel are eliminated, there are still validations…
The Skill Set Shift for Success
If your company is still using manual/Excel processes for your monthly or quarterly analytics, you have focused on getting employees who are good at meticulous detail and thrive on repetitive tasks into those positions. This is the type of position that has an emphasis on “Financial Management” in the IT Financial Management Analyst job title.…
A three-point test to assess the usefulness of your Business Services
IT/Technology groups too often spend weeks or months of time designing Business Services and modeling their costs only to have them complicate and confuse the business, rather than making the conversations easier. Here is a simple test to see if you have identified the Business Services that your internal customers need: Are your Business Services…
A Shift to the Virtual Dimension
Covid 19 and ITFM: Live Streamed Discussion with Panel of experts
2020 Conferences and Workshops
Service Costing is an Enterprise Class Big Data Project
Mature Service Management means tracking the cost, value, risk, quality, and demand for services. Service Costing is often the first step on this journey, but many companies stumble , falter ,or just fail to launch. Here are the top things that prevent companies from having a successful Service Costing implementation: Not understanding the Use Cases…
The 3 C’s of Data Maturity and Readiness
It was the topic of discussion at every ITFM/TBM conference last year. We heard it from everyone presenting — your data matters. This really isn’t a surprise. We all know “garbage in… garbage out” but for a little while people got caught up in marketing hype and thought data magic was possible. It is also…
Grow your team to Grow your program
You have invested in software, data cleansing projects, and new report design…but if you have not invested in growing your team, your program will never thrive. Learn about the skills needed for great IT Finance Analysts/Modellers in this new video. Ready to supercharge your team? Scroll down for the link to our February workshop. https://youtu.be/YyLwn52vCjk
Finding your IT Value: Guidewell Fireside Chat
A new operating model for IT can provide dramatic results Being able to talk to the rest of your organization about the value of IT can be a game-changer. Ginger Allen, the IT BMO Director for Guidewell and her team have done a remarkable job of launching that journey. With just over a year under…