This document summarizes the ITAM Review US Conference 2016. It discusses how the UK government was able to achieve significant cost savings in its public sector software spending, estimated at $2-3 billion annually, by taking a phased, standardized, enduring, and collaborative approach to software asset management. This approach helped audit software usage and negotiate better commercial deals, cutting the government IT bill by £85 million in 2014/15 alone according to reports. Key lessons learned included bringing together different skills, focusing on measurable outcomes, sharing successes, maintaining relevance over time, and adapting to change.

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An ITAM Success Story
Tony Crawley & Gillian Leicester

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Background

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The size of the prize
UK SPEND
$2bn to $3bn
US SPEND
$6bn
Estimated per annum public sector software spend

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Importance of Timing
Global Financial Crisis provided cost focus

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Leveraging Organizational Culture
Emerging efficiencies to reduce costs
Category Management
Efficiency Reform Group
Government Digital Services
Controls Process

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What was our approach?
• PHASED
• STANDARDISED
• ENDURING
• COLLABORATIVE
• BURDEN
ON
SI/VENDOR

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What did we achieve?
“Software audits cut government IT bill by
£85m in 2014/15” – Computer Weekly
“Oracle deal signals new relationship with
government” - CSWorld
“New unified procurement agreement with
systems and software giant Oracle will
save £75m over the next three years,
Cabinet Office claims” – Information Age
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Cost
Saving
&
Improved
Commercials

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What we learnt?
• Bring
Skills
Together
• Measurable
Outcomes
• Share
Successes
Organise
for
Success

10. The ITAM Review US Conference 2016
What we learnt?
• Bring
Skills
Together
• Measurable
Outcomes
• Share
Successes
Organise
for
Success
• Maintain
relevance
• Exploit
your
data
• Align
to
key
goals
Be
Current

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What we learnt?
• DemocraJse
Data
• Accept
ImperfecJon
• Be
PragmaJc
Adapt
to
Change

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Questions?

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Thank You