Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning Storyboard

Use this storyboard to organize, design, and execute your IT category plan.

IT Category Plan

Use this tool to create your IT category plan. This tool will assist you in identifying and prioritizing your sourcing initiatives and negotiations with your IT vendors.

IT Category Plan Metrics

Use this tool to report the accomplishments of your IT category plan. This tool provides metrics to demonstrate the quantity of projects completed and their associated ROI.

IT Category Plan Review Presentation

Use this tool to review the IT category plan with your stakeholders and to report the ROI of current accomplishments.

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 1: Organize

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software, will help you understand your current Cisco hardware and software position.

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 2: Evaluate

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software, will help you gain a complete understanding of the Cisco EA's structure, enrollment...

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 3: Establish

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software , will help you establish your basic ELA needs by aligning your current assets to the new...

Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software – Phase 4: Purchase and Manage

This phase of the blueprint, Understand Cisco’s Enterprise Agreement for Software, will help you understand the Cisco Channel, choose a partner, negotiate the deal, and...

Cisco Portal RACI Diagram

Use this tool to define guidance for who will have access to the Cisco Portal and what level of access they should be entitled to.

Prepare for Negotiations More Effectively

Good negotiations start with good preparation. However, this critical stage of negotiations is often overlooked and undervalued. Spending more time on this stage (and doing...
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