Rise and Fall of an Information Technology Outsourcing Program: a qualitative Analysis of a Troubled Corporate Initiative
Appendix C - Key Terms and Definitions
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Appendix C - Key Terms and Definitions
Icarus Pseudonym for the firm where I conducted this research Strategic Outsourcing Program (SSP) Pseudonym for the outsourcing project I researched Project Phoenix Pseudonym for a (pre-SSP) outsourcing project at Icarus. Manages services partnership Also referred to as “co-sourcing deals,” because the client and vendor share risk and reward. Functions in the managed services agreement remain part of the client’s day-to-day operations, but are staffed with vendor personnel Staff augmentation The practice of augmenting IT teams with contractor labor. In these agreements, contractors perform tasks at the direction of employees on a time-and-materials basis IT Reorganization The IT matrix-organization started in 2009 and completed in 2010 that introduced the Business Technology and Project Delivery Teams (Figure 5.2) IT Taxonomy The general power structure of the Icarus IT Department (Figure 5.3) Global Staffing Model (GSM) A two-by-two grid developed by Icarus IT executives in 2010 as a guide for the type of IT functions are appropriate to outsource (Figure 6.1) IT Revision The consolidation of the Business Technology Teams under a single vice president in Year Three (Figure 8.2) 232 Appendix D – Icarus Key Organizational Roles CIO Reported to Icarus CEO, not included in interviews for this research Vice President Reported to the CIO CIO Staff Meeting A weekly meeting led by the CIO and attended by all of the IT vice presidents reporting to the CIO. Additional attendees included the director of Human Resources for IT and the CIO’s Executive Assistant. In addition to reviewing the overall performance of the IT department, this meeting served as an escalation and decision making body for most major IT projects including SSP Director Typically reported to vice president or higher; responsible for function-wide strategies Executives Directors and vice presidents were viewed as the Icarus “senior leadership” team. “Executives” in this research refer to this group Employees References to “employees” in this research refer to all Icarus employees below the director level Senior Manager Typically reported to a director. This group was responsible for setting and executing strategies at a sub-functional level Manager Typically reported to a senior manager or director. This group was the first level in the organization that had HR responsibilities and employees as direct reports Business Analyst Typically resided in the Business Strategy Teams. These employees were responsible for working directly with business teams to define and prioritize business requirements for the Project Delivery Teams to build into Icarus systems Project Manager Typically resided in the Project Delivery Teams or the Infrastructure teams. These employees were responsible for managing multiple projects in a matrix environment, i.e. their project teams do not directly report to them. Senior project managers could oversee actives performed by multiple project managers Engineer Typically resided in the Project Delivery or Infrastructure Teams. These employees were responsible for building and supporting IT applications Business Strategy Teams (BST) Acted as the primary liaison with business teams and “owned” most of the budget used by the Project Delivery Teams, established application development priorities, roadmaps, and financial analysis to support their corresponding business units Project Delivery Teams (PDT) Comprised of project management and engineering teams for specific technologies or functions, (i.e. Application Testing, Mainframe, SAP), PDTs built and integrated new applications to support business priorities owned by BSTs SSP Working Team The team of senior managers and vendor management employees recruited by Richard and Donald to develop a communication plan informing employees of SSP, select a vendor, develop an onboarding plan for the vendor, and work with Human Resources to develop a plan to reassign impacted employees to new positions |
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