Many companies are bringing outsourced IT in-house. Should you? Bringing IT in house can be complex and costly. Think about these costs: Termination fees, facility build-outs, shared assets, application migration, personnel training and transitions, new hiring, and software license transfers, to name a few.
Here are nine questions that CIO.com suggests you ask yourself before you decide to bring an outsourced IT function in house:
- What are my goals?
- Do I have a solid business case?
- What are my termination rights and responsibilities?
- Who the heck knows what’s going on?
- Can in-house IT support my future state?
- How much of this is my fault?
- Do I have business buy-in?
- How long will insourcing take?
- Who can help me?
Have you brought an IT function in house after outsourcing? How did that work for you?
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Hi Erin , thanks. It is very good info for all those outsourcing into. Thanks.