The SIAM model in ZYX has been successfully implemented and operational for 6 months All service providers have signed up to multi-party service level agreements and a detailed collaboration agreement. All providers are either using or interfacing with the common ITSM tool.
NETSCO is providing all LAN and WAN services across the group Although NETSCO is consistently achieving all of its service levels and attends all necessary meetings. NETSCO is not contributing to the overall relationship with the other service providers.
The service integrator wishes to address this problem with NETSCO
What action should the service integrator take?
A consequence of ZYX’s SIAM transition is that the small IT team of 5 staff within ZYXUK, who currently develop and support small stand-alone applications, are being displaced, with their roles outsourced to a new external service provider. This external service provider will provide a standardized approach to the development and B support of bespoke applications across all of the ZYX organizations It is hoped that this will allow similar requirements from different ZYX organizations to be identified a more manner
The impacted staff is expected to be reluctant to transfer to the new service provider, who is based outside of the UK and has a very different organizational culture B I he project team is concerned that these staff members may either be reluctant to pass on their knowledge of the existing applications, or may leave before knowledge transfer can take place
What would be the most effective strategy for handling this risk?
The CEO has asked the IT Director to create a SIAM strategy for ZYX that aligns with the mandate for change and the corporate strategy The CEO wants it as soon as possible.
What should the IT Director do?
ZYX has implemented a SIAM structure, appointing SIAMRUS as the service integrator.
The SIAM strategy is to consolidate to a smaller number of service providers over time as existing contracts expire Until then. ZYX wants all current service providers to be part of the SIAM ecosystem.
What should ZYX do?
ZYX completed the Discovery and Strategy stage one week ago. The Plan and Build stage is expected to take six months to complete. ZYX would like to put a service integrator in place before they complete the design of the detailed SIAM model
The outline SIAM model proposed that ZYXS would be an internal service integrator because of their service integration capabilities Additional staff would be recruited to provide additional capacity. The development and support staff from ZYXS would be transferred to ZYXD to become an internal service provider.
The CEO does not want to use a hybrid or lead supplier structure Because of the internal capabilities of ZYXS, no evaluation has been done for using an external service integrator
The ZYXS IT Director has just announced that she. and all ten staff identified to work as the service integrator, are leaving ZYXS in four weeks They intend to form their own company ZSSIAM, specializing in providing service integration services
OUTSCO is a global provider of a range of outsourced services They are in the last year of a 10-year contract to provide services to ZYXUK Over the last 2 years their performance has decreased OUTSCO can also provide service integration services They have a good reputation as a flexible and reliable service integrator who are willing to amend their SIAM model.
SIAMRUS is a global provider of service integration services in the manufacturing sector Their SIAM model includes a standardized process model, with every provider using the same process, a shared toolset owned by SIAMRUS, and 5 contracted service providers They recently provided an outline SIAM strategy for ZYXUK
What is the best approach for ZYX to appoint a service integrator?
The CIO is about to establish a project to transition ZYX to a SIAM operating model.
Which are the most important governance requirements to initially focus on, given the situation of ZYX?
The CEO of ZYX has commissioned SIAMRUS to assess the readiness of ZYX to adopt SIAM. She knows that in order to get approval for the SIAM business case from the Board of Directors, she will have to be able to demonstrate that SIAM will make a significant contribution to the corporate strategic objectives. There is no appetite from the Board for ZYX to use any ZYX staff to provide the service integration capability
Which ZYX strategic objective can SIAM contribute to most for ZYX?
ZYX have decided to use the external service integrator structure The ZYX CEO wants to minimize risks to service availability. In order to avoid reliance on single service providers the CEO wants to use four different providers for hosting There will be one service provider for hosting for each of the following countries
-the UK
-Germany
-the Netherlands
- Australia
To provide resilience every application used by ZYX will be hosted by three different hosting service providers
The CEO wants to ensure a rapid introduction of new services and service providers She also wants to ensure that the costs for the service integrator are as low as possible The ZYXH legal team does not want to make the drafting of the contracts more difficult than necessary
It is clear that there is a single structure needed for the service integrator contract
Which contract structure is the most appropriate for ZYX?
Project NEWGEN was completed against demanding timescales Because of time pressures, ZYX reduced the scope for testing of the end-to-end processes.
-SIAMRUS is the service integrator and also provider of the service desk for the SIAM ecosystem
-ZYXS is the internal service provider for NEWBNK, which is hosted by OUTSCO
-NETSCO provides the wide area network connecting the OUTSCO data center to the banks using NEWBNK.
Since the transition to SIAM, users of NEWBNK have experienced a significant increase in the time taken to fix incidents The ZYX sales team is now experiencing resistance from customers who were expected to migrate to NEWBNK This is affecting the planned rollout of the new application The ZYX sales team has told the customers that the issues were caused by the providers to ZYX not working together, and not the NEWBNK application itself.
What is the best approach for SIAMRUS to improve the situation?
The SIAM strategy for ZYX has been agreed:
-There will be a mix of new service providers and continuing existing service providers
-An external service integrator will be appointed
-ZYXS will provide the service desk.
-An agreement has been reached with OUTSCO to extend their contract to provide services to ZYXUK by two years
As key activities for the critical path to implement the SIAM model for ZYX, three parties must be transitioned into the SIAM model (listed in random order):
-continuing service providers
-the service integrator
-new service providers
In this instance, which sequence of activities offers the least risk to continuity of service for all ZYX companies'?
Project NEWGEN is in the Discovery and Strategy stage. SIAMRUS is assisting ZYX with the design of the SIAM model ZYX has decided to use OUTSCO as an external service integrator but they have not yet been appointed.
The CIO is concerned that the retained capabilities might not have the necessary capability to perform their new role in the SIAM model
What is the best course of action?
ZYX has appointed SIAMRUS and the service management staff from ZYXS as a hybrid service integrator They will use the SIAM model from SIAMRUS
The IT staff from ZYXS and ZYXUK will form a new internal service provider. ZYXSAPP. ZYXSAPP will provide the services for application development and application support
ZYXH will provide the retained capabilities The contract with OUTSCO will not bo renewed ZYX wants to start planning the implementation of the SIAM model
What should SIAMRUS do that would most support ZYX?
ZYX has decided on their SIAM strategy and appointed SIAMRUS as the service integrator.
The decision has been made to consolidate services into four service groups (in order of proportion of the services)
-OUTSCO: service desk, desktop and laptop support services, networking, infrastructure support
-ZYXS bespoke application support and development
-ZYXD data centers and hosting
-BANKSCO: BCT and BNK application support
Services from all other current service providers will be transitioned into these service groups as their contracts expire
After the service integrator has been onboarded, which of the providers should be onboarded as the first priority?
The ZYX Board of Directors decided that the proposal from SIAMRUS for ZYXUK was not suitable to be used for the whole of the group, and asked the ZYXS IT Director to lead the creation of a new SIAM strategy. This new SIAM strategy has now been approved by the NEWGEN Executive Steering Board.
What is the best approach to ensure that the ZYXUK Management Board supports the implementation of this SIAM Strategy?
What best describes ZYX's strategic drivers for transitioning to a SIAM model?
There are many factors that can influence the design of a SIAM model
Which factor will most influence the choice of the SIAM structure for ZYX?