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Redress Compliance engagement models. How we work with CIOs and CFOs across the contracted vendor cycle.

The scoping framework, the negotiation framework, the audit defense framework, the Vendor Shield framework, the renewal program framework, and the buyer side moves on the contracted vendor commercial cycle.

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Redress Compliance engagement is a buyer side framework anchored against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Five engagement frameworks operate across the contracted vendor commercial cycle. The scoping engagement framework, the negotiation engagement framework, the audit defense engagement framework, the Vendor Shield engagement framework, and the renewal program engagement framework. Each engagement framework anchors the customer's vendor framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad commercial framework. Read the related Vendor Shield program, the renewal program, the software spend assessment, and the benchmarking practice.

The Redress practice intersects with eleven vendor practices across the customer's enterprise software portfolio. Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, IBM, Broadcom and VMware, AWS, Google Cloud, ServiceNow, Workday, Cisco, and the GenAI vendors. Each vendor practice carries material commercial sensitivity that the buyer side framework must anchor against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Read the multi vendor negotiation scorecard and the Redress management team.

The scoping engagement framework

The scoping engagement framework is the entry framework into the Redress practice. The scoping engagement framework runs six weeks. The scoping engagement framework anchors the customer's vendor framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. The scoping engagement framework typically delivers a buyer side framework against the contracted vendor commercial cycle, with material commercial sensitivity to the publisher framework against the broader vendor commercial framework.

The scoping engagement framework typically segments the customer's vendor framework across the principal vendor populations. The publisher vendor framework typically pushes the customer's vendor framework toward the publisher's preferred broad vendor commercial framework. The buyer side framework anchors the scoping engagement framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Read the software spend assessment.

The negotiation engagement framework

The negotiation engagement framework is the principal commercial framework against the contracted vendor commercial cycle. The negotiation engagement framework typically runs three to nine months across the contracted vendor commercial cycle. The negotiation engagement framework anchors the customer's vendor framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. The negotiation engagement framework typically delivers fifteen to thirty five percent savings against the publisher's opening vendor framework quote at the contracted vendor commercial cycle.

The negotiation engagement framework typically segments the customer's vendor framework across the principal vendor populations. The publisher vendor framework typically pushes the customer's vendor framework toward the publisher's preferred broad vendor commercial framework. The buyer side framework anchors the negotiation engagement framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Build a credible competitive posture across the contracted vendor framework. Read the benchmarking practice.

The audit defense engagement framework

The audit defense engagement framework is the principal commercial framework against the publisher audit framework. The audit defense engagement framework anchors the customer's vendor framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. The audit defense engagement framework typically operates against the publisher's contracted audit framework, with material commercial sensitivity to the publisher audit framework against the broader vendor commercial framework. Read the audit defense kits.

The audit defense engagement framework typically segments the customer's vendor framework across the principal audit populations. The publisher audit framework typically pushes the customer's vendor framework toward the publisher's preferred broad audit commercial framework. The buyer side framework anchors the audit defense engagement framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Build a credible audit defense posture across the contracted vendor framework. Read the audit defense readiness checklist.

The Vendor Shield program

The Vendor Shield program is the always on multi vendor management posture across the contracted vendor framework. The Vendor Shield program anchors the customer's vendor framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. The Vendor Shield program typically operates as an always on program across the contracted vendor commercial cycle, with material commercial sensitivity to the publisher framework against the broader vendor commercial framework. Read the Vendor Shield program.

The Vendor Shield program typically segments the customer's vendor framework across the principal vendor populations. The publisher vendor framework typically pushes the customer's vendor framework toward the publisher's preferred broad vendor commercial framework. The buyer side framework anchors the Vendor Shield program against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Build a credible Vendor Shield posture across the contracted vendor framework.

The renewal program

The renewal program is the principal commercial framework against the contracted vendor renewal cycle. The renewal program typically runs nine to twelve months before the contracted vendor renewal cycle. The renewal program anchors the customer's vendor framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. The renewal program typically delivers fifteen to thirty five percent savings against the publisher's opening vendor framework quote at the contracted vendor renewal cycle. Read the renewal program.

The renewal program typically segments the customer's vendor framework across the principal vendor populations. The publisher vendor framework typically pushes the customer's vendor framework toward the publisher's preferred broad vendor commercial framework. The buyer side framework anchors the renewal program against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Build a credible renewal program posture across the contracted vendor renewal framework.

The buyer side moves

The buyer side framework for the engagement framework has eleven moves at the contracted vendor commercial cycle. One. Anchor the engagement framework against the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework. Two. Segment the engagement framework across the scoping, negotiation, audit defense, Vendor Shield, and renewal program populations. Three. Run the engagement shortfall framework across the principal engagement populations. Four. Negotiate the engagement framework against the publisher's preferred broad vendor commercial framework.

Five. Build a credible competitive posture across the engagement framework. Six. Run the broader engagement shortfall framework against the contracted vendor commercial framework. Seven. Negotiate the engagement framework against the publisher's preferred long term commercial framework. Eight. Run the bespoke engagement framework where the customer's vendor consumption framework justifies the bespoke framework. Nine. Lock in vendor price protection terms across the contracted vendor framework. Ten. Apply the engagement ramp framework where the customer's vendor consumption framework justifies the ramp framework. Eleven. Run the broader vendor management posture across the contracted vendor commercial framework. Read the Vendor Shield program.

How we engage

  • Scoping. Six week engagement that scopes the customer's vendor framework. Book a scoping call.
  • Negotiation. Negotiation engagement that handles the customer's vendor framework across the contracted vendor commercial cycle. Renewal program.
  • Audit defense. Audit defense engagement that handles the customer's vendor framework against the publisher audit framework. Audit defense kits.
  • Vendor Shield. Always on multi vendor management posture across the customer's vendor framework. Vendor Shield.
  • Run the assessment. The software spend health check sizes the customer's vendor framework against the broader software spend framework.
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The full Redress engagement framework. From the practice.

The five engagement framework. The scoping engagement framework, the negotiation engagement framework, the audit defense engagement framework, the Vendor Shield engagement framework, and the renewal program engagement framework. The buyer side moves at every step of the contracted vendor commercial cycle.

Used across more than five hundred enterprise software engagements. Independent. Buyer side. Built around the customer's actual vendor utilisation framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad commercial framework.

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