In this new article we look at four key areas where understanding TCO is crucial to IT decision-making, and how teams can get this information in the ServiceNow applications they’re already using.
The newest addition to the FMDB family is available now in the ServiceNow App Store.
Trusted Numbers, Better Decisions: Closing the TBM Credibility Gap Many organizations have achieved IT cost visibility through traditional TBM platforms—but visibility alone doesn’t guarantee […]
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Budget season is meant to be a focused period of alignment—where strategy meets financial discipline. But for many IT organizations, it becomes something else […]
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If IT budgeting and planning still revolves around sprawling spreadsheets, endless email threads, and files named Final_v9_REALLY_FINAL.xlsx, you’re not alone. What usually starts as […]
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About a month ago, I attended a phenomenal IT Financial Management (ITFM) Week in Chicago. The weather was perfect, the presenters were excellent, and […]
This presentation deck explores different types, definitions, and naming conventions of overhead and the various methods for incorporating them into your cost of IT services. Presented at the 2018 ITFMA Conference in San Francisco.
This presentation deck explores how to develop an effective selection process to ensure a solid match between the strengths and capabilities of an ITFM solution, the background and knowledge base of the implementation staff, and the long term ITFM goals of an organization. Presented at the 2018 ITFMA Conference in San Francisco.
This presentation deck provides some basic foundational information about service costing and chargeback, discusses the pros and cons of various approaches, and reviews the impacts of various levels of granularity. Presented at ITFMA 2018 in San Francisco.
In an effort to alleviate ongoing struggles from its legacy, spreadsheet-based planning system, a Fortune 500 insurance firm consulted multiple vendors in search of […]
Over the past few years, we’ve heard more and more IT professionals mention “Technology Business Management” (TBM), especially in the federal government space. With […]
Nicus is a Premier sponsor at the upcoming 2017 Gartner IT Finance, Procurement, and Asset Management Conference (ITFPAM) in Nashville, Tennessee, September 11-13. This […]
The success rate of your ITFM program increases with broad user adoption. This can be a challenge for many reasons but there are things […]
Basic ITFM: ITFM provides allocated views of IT spend Each view is generated by separate data & processes Each view provides value to key […]