Topic: Contracting

Finding Near-Term Savings in IT: Practical Offerings for CIOs

Facing budget cuts, or asked to do more with the same? Short, focused assessments can uncover practical savings now, without waiting for a long-term strategy.

Article

August 29, 2025

The Joy and Pain of Accountability: IT Services Chargeback

Chargeback puts IT costs where they belong and shares responsibility with customers, but only if it is granular enough to change behavior. What works, and what hurts.

Article

August 18, 2025

Transparency is Effectiveness: Five Reasons to Communicate Budgetary Guidance in RFPs

Should you share current costs or a budget in an IT services RFP? Five reasons clear financial guidance leads to better proposals and better outcomes.

Article

March 18, 2025

Collision Alert! SIAM Terminology in Federal Government IT

When private-sector ITIL and SIAM terms meet legacy federal definitions, familiar words like “configuration management” and “integration” can cause real confusion.

Article / News

September 17, 2024

Scopism – SIAM USA Webinar

Integris Applied and Scopism launch a public webinar series bringing SIAM practices, proven around the world, to US public and private sector organizations.

Article / White Paper / Expert Opinion

May 12, 2023

Demystifying Service Level Metrics

Practical advice on setting, reporting, and communicating metrics that matter.

Article / White Paper / Case Study

June 18, 2022

Case Study: Building an IT Contract Portfolio Before the Transition Service Agreement Ran Out

A newly independent specialty retailer had to replace its former parent's IT contracts with its own. We helped it review 200+ potential vendors and put…

Article

December 18, 2020

State IT Leaders Face Greater Demands and Lower Budgets

Demands on state IT keep rising while budgets are constrained. Analyzing spend and consumption, then renegotiating key contracts, can help state IT leaders close the gap.

Article

October 12, 2020

Are your IT Contracts as resilient as your IT Services?

Resilient IT services need resilient contracts. How to build flexibility into individual contracts and the wider sourcing program so both can absorb change.