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The Ongoing Debate: Calculating Utilization4 comments

Thomas Lah wrote 1 month ago: The debate on calculating billable utilization continues. Here is the most recent comment posted on … more →

Death of 97-2

Thomas Lah wrote 7 months ago: This post is dedicated to every Services manager that has cursed the following words “According to 9 … more →

Tags: Cloud Computing, 97-2, Revenue Recognition, salesforce com

Four Models for Recognizing Travel Expenses

Thomas Lah wrote 1 year ago: My discussions with TSIA members on the topic of recognizing travel expenses has continued over the … more →

Tags: Services Delivery, travel expenses

The Downward Drag of Travel Expenses

Thomas Lah wrote 1 year ago: The travel time and travel expenses associated with delivering service engagements seems like such a … more →

Tags: Service Business Models, Services Delivery, travel expenses

Last But Not Least

Thomas Lah wrote 1 year ago: The last day of TSW! And still, we are cramming in great presentations. Yesterday we saw a killer pr … more →

Tags: Service Strategy, ödp, EMC, ericsson, Taleo, HP Software, Schlumberger

Service Country Profiles: China

Thomas Lah wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday, I spoke of the need for service organizations to drive tactics that will allow their comp … more →

Tags: Service Strategy, Technology Services World, Consumption (economics), China, Service Country Profile

Tracking PS Profitability1 comment

Thomas Lah wrote 1 year ago: Bo Dimuccio and the TSIA PS Advisory Board have been discussing the business model break points PS o … more →

Tags: Service Business Models, Services Management

Project Management Methodology: Market Share

Thomas Lah wrote 1 year ago: This summer, I have been working on inventorying over 100 service processes related to managing a pr … more →

Tags: Services Delivery, Organizational Development Program

Optimizing Service Partnerships: A Shift in the Success Metrics?

Thomas Lah wrote 2 years ago: As I wrote in my previous entry, I spent a day at a “Partner Summit.” In this session, a group of TS … more →

Tags: economic impact of services, Industry trends, Partner Management

Working with Service Partners: Seven Shifts 1 comment

Thomas Lah wrote 2 years ago: This week, I’m participating in a summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. The topic: The role of part … more →

Tags: Partner Management

Knowledge Management: Failure Points1 comment

Thomas Lah wrote 2 years ago: A few weeks ago, I asked readers to vote on where PS organizations should be investing to improve pe … more →

Tags: Services Engineering, Knowledge Management, Services Engineering

Solution Centers: Fresh Data

Thomas Lah wrote 2 years ago: At TSIA, we have been tracking the evolution of PS delivery models. Over the past five years, embedd … more →

Tags: labor margin, Services Management, Solution Center

Where PS Should Invest1 comment

Thomas Lah wrote 2 years ago: Tomorrow, I host a webcast with my colleague John Ragsdale and one of our TSIA partners, Compuware. … more →

Solution Centers: Sourcing Survival Strategy #41 comment

Thomas Lah wrote 3 years ago: Right now, Bo DiMuccio and I are working on a Services Insight for the TSIA community titled “Seven … more →

Tags: Services Delivery, Service Strategy, solution centers, improving project margins

The TSIA Service 50 1 comment

Thomas Lah wrote 3 years ago: This Thursday, I will be hosting our quarterly Service 50 webcast. It is open to the public.  Follow … more →

Tags: Services Management, Service Strategy, The Service 50, IBM, EMC, Accenture, Wipro

Why Solution Centers?1 comment

Thomas Lah wrote 3 years ago: Earlier this year, I wrote about the bifurcation of sourcing strategies  within embedded PS organiza … more →

Tags: Services Delivery, solution centers, resourcing mix

Billed but not Charged

Thomas Lah wrote 3 years ago: I love discussing and debating the intricacies of services strategy within product companies. Howeve … more →

Tags: labor margin, Services Delivery, billed but not charged

IBM and the Science of Sourcing Services3 comments

Thomas Lah wrote 3 years ago:  IBM Press published a book titled Reaching the Goal by John Arthur Ricketts. I believe this book re … more →

Tags: Services Delivery, Services Management, Service Strategy, IBM, sourcing services, Theory of Constraints

Can PS Partner?2 comments

Thomas Lah wrote 3 years ago: Every services organization eventually establishes partnerships of one form or another with other se … more →

Tags: Services Management, partner management, sub-contracting


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