Managing the Risks of IT Outsourcing (Computer Weekly Professional)
by Ian Tho
Sales Rank: 1298236
List Price: $45.95 $42.78 At Amazon
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1 edition June 1, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0750665742
ISBN-13: 978-0750665742
Product Dimensions:
9.6 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Product Description
This book shows IT managers how to identify, mitigate and manage risks in an IT outsourcing exercise. The book explores current trends and highlights key issues and changes that are taking place within outsourcing. Attention is given to identifying the drivers and related risks of outsourcing by examining recently published and existing concepts of IT outsourcing.
Founded on academic theory and empirical and quantitative information, this book: * Incorporates the complete risk identification and mitigation life cycle * Highlights the concept of core competency * Looks at motivating factors and working relationships of the buyer and supplier * Provides background to understand the risks as a result of 'human factors' as defined by the agency theory * Reviews the areas of risk that influence the decision to outsource the IT function * Examines the forces that determine the equilibrium in the risk profiles for the buyer and supplier
* Understand the common (and proven) methods that define risks in an IT outsourcing environment * Independantly provides both buyer and supplier views of IT outsourcing contract risks * Uniquely identifies the 'Risk Dimension Signature', a tool to measure and manage risks from a departmental and organizational perspective
Customer Reviews & Comments I want to recommend this book to anyone who is attempting to work an on IT Outsouricng exercise. The examples given are a little complex but it is worth every minute spent to understand. The Risk Dimension Signature the author proposes is exactly what we needed. The writing style could, however, be clearer.
