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SMART SOURCING SOLUTIONS

In today’s tough economic times, it is more important than ever to deliver on-time and within budget ensuring that promised ROI is achieved.

This places an increased emphasis on identifying the “right” initiatives, managing the new requests and executing according to plan.

where vision and strategy meet execution

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

! LIFE SCIENCES

! HEALTHCARE

! MANUFACTURING

! TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION

! FINANCIAL SERVICE

! BANKING

! HIGH TECHNOLOGY

! COMMUNICATIONS

! INSURANCE

! CORPORATE REAL ESTATE

! CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND RETAIL

“The knowledge needed to transform a system must come from outside the system” - W. Edward Deming

THE VISTX DIFFERENCE

APPROACH AND EXPERIENCE—By using our time-tested, simplified, visual approach and drawing on our experience, we are able to provide our clients with a jump start and minimize the time to deliver results.

THE CHALLENGEStaffing Multiple Projects and Phases

Typical Project Roles - Single Project

Initiation and Planning

Project Manager

Business Analyst

Technical Analyst

Validation Director

Business Sponsor

Subject Matter Expert

Design

Project Manager

Business Analyst

Technical Analyst

Validation Director

Business Sponsor

Subject Matter Expert

DBA

Technical Writer

Developer

Execution and Implementation

Project Manager

Business Analyst

Technical Analyst

Validation Director

Business Sponsor

Subject Matter Expert

DBA

Technical Writer

Developer

Test Script Writer

Validation

Project Manager

Validation Director

Business Sponsor

Subject Matter Expert

DBA

Technical Writer

Developer

Test Script Writer

Tester

Closeout

Project Manager

Business Sponsor

For over 25 years, we have delivered high quality, predictable results in a timely and cost-effective manner.

ADDITIONAL VISTX SOLUTIONS

ENTERPRISE PROJECT AND

PORTFOLIO MANAGMENT

tmWHITEBOARD MANAGEMENT

SOLUTIONS

VISTX consultants have a wealth of expertise

and experience working in many different

environments and can assist in moving your

initiative forward without the frustration of the

trial and error approach utilized in many

consulting firms.

This experience along with our proven, visual,

data driven approach provides our clients with a

reliable, consistent and predictable roadmap to

make vision a reality.

VISTX Portfolio/Project Management Services

deliver long sought benefits to our clients. We

do this by combining technology with sound

processes and governance to provide a

complete solution personalized to the specific

needs of our clients. Working closely with our

clients, our experienced professionals:

! Improve your results

! Reduce risk

! Reduce complexities—Increasing the ease of adoption

! Provide incremental delivery options

! Minimize time to attain benefits with the lowest possible cost of ownership

The best ideas typically start on the back of a tmnapkin. Our VISTX Whiteboard Approach starts

there and builds utilizing a simple,

straightforward, visual set of exercises and tools

designed to ensure:

! Your vision and strategy are aligned

! Your objectives are clear and communicated

! Processes and tools are easily deployed and scalable

! Your organizational DNA is ready to continually improve

Scottsdale, AZ

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| Irvine, CA

where vision and strategy meet execution

BENEFITS

! Ability to accelerate, decelerate, change direction across projects

! Tactical impacts managed to meet strategic goals

! Reduced overhead, turnover & training

! Improved use of Management time

! Agile expert teams, wide set of skills, single point of management

! Readily available for competency & capacity needs

! Experience from 100’s of Projects, Programs, Change Initiatives

! High value real time resource management

! Predictable cash flow, optimal use of expenditures, within budget

! Focused is on deliverables & ROI is guaranteed

Do Nothing

Pros

Cons

No cost

No Growth

Staff Augmentation

Pros

Cons

Short term commitment

Skilled Experts

Flexible

Time to recruit, interview, orient and manage

Higher short term costs

No commitment

Turnover

THE TYPICAL INITIATIVE RESOURCING STRATEGY

Hire FTE’s

Pros

Cons

Long Term commitment

Skilled experts

Reliable

Time to recruit, interview, orient and manage

Higher overall cost

Allocation availability

Turnover

Narrow Skill set

TMVISTX SMART SOURCINGEfficiency - Speed - Capacity - Flexibility - Lower Expense

Initiatives require a mix of resources, skills and tools to deliver on organizational tmexpectations. VISTX SMART-SOURCING , is a way of improving your organizational

performance for a single or multiple set of initiatives, we help manage your resource availability, capacity, and expenditures to ensure timely deliverables.

The Bottom Line - You save time and money by taking advantage of our SMART-tmSOURCING engagement services, processes, templates and tools.