IDC PlanScape: Analysis on the Total Cost of Digital to Reduce Overall Spend

IDC PlanScape Figure

• Figure: IDC PlanScape: Executive Summary of Analysis on the Total Cost of Digital to Reduce Overall Spend

Executive Summary

Why Is Analysis on the Total Cost of Digital Important?

What Is Analysis on the Total Cost of Digital?

• Table: Costs Within Each Digital Domain Categorized by Capability Type

• Table: Total Digital Spend by Digital Domain Percentage

Who Are the Key Stakeholders?

• Table: Key Stakeholders and Their Roles and Responsibilities

How Can My Organization Take Advantage of Analysis on the Total Cost of Digital?

• Step 1: Capture the Total Cost of Digital in Departmental Budgets, and Consolidate into a Single View

• Figure: Total Digital Business Services Revenue by Digital Centers

• Step 2: Identify and Translate the Generic Capabilities Represented by the Departmental Costs

• Figure: Total Digital Spend by Services/Capabilities

• Step 3: Apply the Principles of Specialization to the Pool of Both Human Resource and Technology Capabilities

• Figure: Key Foundational, Shared, and Business Service Baselines Revenue for Optimization

• Step 4: Identify the Opportunities with the Most Efficient Mix and Specialization of Resource and Asset Capabilities

• Figure: Total Digital Potential Areas of Optimization

• Step 5: Choose the Scenarios That Best Optimize Capabilities While Reducing Spend Across the Total Cost of Digital

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