Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning Storyboard

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

Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning – Executive Brief

Read this Executive Brief to understand why you should use a category plan to forecast and manage your IT cost reductions.

Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning

An IT category plan identifies the most significant opportunities for IT to cut costs by using a well thought out approach to vendor negotiations that is not reactive or...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...
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Prepare for Negotiations More Effectively – Phase 1: Before

This phase of the blueprint, Prepare for Negotiations More Effectively, will help you understand the 12 steps of preparing for a negotiation
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