WARNING: Laws at Play
ok, now that I just gave a couple data-points for justifying IdM projects, I have to put in a warning:
* The Law of Diminishing Returns is At Play
If your project is going to be multiple years in the making, be forewarned that a sharp financial leader will re-baseline the environment yearly. What does this mean? It means the savings from Year-1 cannot be applied to Year-2 ... and your job just got harder.
Example1: You implement password synchronization and save $1M in a $5M help-desk cost this year. Next year, the help-desk is a $4M problem as a result of re-baselining. Your $1M savings has already been realized, and now you need to figure out how to extend your initial investment to save more for Year-2.
Worse yet, your solution may not yeild as much savings as you thought ... in fact, it may be just the opposite.
Example2: Your new help-desk tool now costs $5ooK to operate yearly. Thus, in year-2 you now added $500K back to the help-desk, making it a $4.5M problem. In year-3 you're back to $5M, and in year-4 you're at $5.5M.
At that rate, you'll be faced with the problem of: Why didn't you just outsource this to Kuala Lumpur? You're fired.
posted by Eric Hall @ 1:34 AM
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