One independent read across the whole software estate: what it costs, where the audit exposure sits, which renewals are coming, and the five moves worth making first. Delivered in 4 to 6 weeks.
The assessment is bought at moments of arrival and doubt: a new CIO or CFO wants an independent view of what the software estate costs and risks, a board asks what the exposure is, or a savings target lands with no evidence base underneath it.
It fits organizations that have never seen their spend, audit posture, and renewal calendar in one picture, and teams that want the first five moves ranked by yield before committing to any of them.
Most estates cannot answer five questions any board might ask:
The assessment answers all five, in writing, with evidence, in 4 to 6 weeks.
Four phases produce the roadmap: scope locked in week one, the estate baselined independently, priorities ranked by yield and effort, and the executive readout delivered with the negotiation sequence attached.
| Deliverable | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Software spend report | The independent baseline: cost, consumption, and contracts mapped to a single view across the estate. |
| Top five savings priorities | The ranked shortlist, each priority quantified with a target outcome and the effort to capture it. |
| Audit posture review | The exposure heat map by publisher with recommended containment steps for open issues. |
| Renewal calendar | Twelve months of renewals with leverage points and decision deadlines plotted to the day. |
| Negotiation roadmap | The sequenced plan across publishers: which to open first, with what leverage, and why. |
Every vendor, reseller, and tool in the estate offers its own version of this picture, each drawn to sell something. The assessment is the version drawn to sell nothing: no reseller agreements, no referral fees, and no stake in which savings you pursue.
The method comes from 500+ engagements across 11 vendor practices, which is what makes the priority ranking credible: the yields are estimated from deals we have actually run, not from tool vendor marketing.
The output is designed for decisions: five priorities with numbers, a calendar with deadlines, and a sequence with reasons. Boards act on it because there is nothing vague in it.
The assessment is fixed price. Executing the roadmap afterward runs engagement by engagement, fixed fee or contingency at 25 percent of the savings we deliver: you keep 75 percent.
What the priorities turn into, on the record.
Samsung saved $23M through an IBM licensing internal assessment.
✓ Published case studyAdecco cut Oracle support spend 12 million euros over three years.
✓ Published case studyA university system cut SAP licensing costs 31 percent through usage review.
✓ Published case studyA Fortune 500 company cut its Microsoft EA renewal 20 percent.
The whole estate: spend and consumption across licenses, cloud, and support, audit posture by publisher, the twelve month renewal calendar, the top five savings priorities ranked by yield, and the negotiation roadmap to execute them.
4 to 6 weeks end to end from complete data intake, with the executive readout and roadmap delivered at the close.
Contracts and renewal schedules, spend data, and whatever deployment or usage telemetry exists. Gaps are normal; the intake works with what you have and flags what to instrument.
New CIOs and CFOs wanting an independent read, boards asking for the exposure picture, and procurement teams that want the first moves ranked before committing budget to any of them.
Your choice: execute the roadmap internally with the documents, or engage us on individual priorities, fixed fee or contingency at 25 percent of delivered savings. The assessment stands alone either way.
Tools report what they measure; the assessment ranks what to do. Every priority carries a yield estimate from comparable engagements, an effort rating, and the negotiation lever to capture it.
Yes. The standard scope covers the anchor publishers; the depth per vendor flexes to where your spend and risk concentrate.
A fixed, all inclusive fee for the full assessment and readout. Roadmap execution afterward runs fixed fee or contingency at 25 percent of the savings we deliver: you keep 75 percent.
Cost, exposure, calendar, priorities, and sequence: the estate in one picture, 4 to 6 weeks from now.
One letter a month. Negotiation moves, audit signals, and price book shifts.