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Seeing your IT costs is step one. Acting on them is where the business value shows up.
In part two of our series on demonstrating IT value without a full ITFM program, Mikhail Mandelovich, Director at Protiviti, gets practical. He explains where teams find their first optimization wins, how to read a cost gap correctly, and how to decide which opportunities deserve your time.
Watch to learn:
- How internal benchmarking exposes cost differences nobody can explain
- How to tell waste from a good reason, like extra features or higher labor costs in one country
- Two checks before you commit: cost benefit and strategic fit
- What separates a quick win from a longer effort, with real examples
- Who to involve, and why starting without them is the most common mistake
No mature program required. No perfect data. Just a smart place to start and a plan for what comes next.
