Case Study One
Major Client #1- Opportunity Analysis & Forecasting
IPR working closely with client for over thirteen years
-Project has undergone numerous structural and process changes over the years to keep up with changing market landscape, client acquisitions/divestitures, and client requirements
-IPR has been an integral part of the opportunity analysis function thru countless client organizational and personnel changes
-Market estimates used by client for quarterly performance evaluation, setting annual revenue targets and budgets, establishing strategic plan, investment decisions, and communications with external community
Process is collaborative, but IPR is final arbiter
-IPR works closely with client business unit representatives and subject matter experts to develop major assumptions, key drivers/inhibitors, and, in some cases, estimates
-IPR’s expertise in data integration and market modeling is combined with IPR analyst seasoned judgment and client inputs to develop final estimates each iteration
-Quality assurance process enables client stakeholders to have a “day in court” to voice issues/concerns with the estimates
-IPR is final arbiter
- IT spending by hardware/software/service category (35+), country (20+), quarter, year - updated on a quarterly basis
- IT spending by hardware/software/service category (30+), vendor (45+), region (4), quarter, year - updated on a quarterly basis
- IT spending by hardware/software/service category (10+), country (20+), vertical market (25+), company size (4+), quarter, year - updated on a semi-annual basis
- IT spending by hardware/software/service category (35+), country (65+), vertical market (25+), company size (4+), year - updated on a semi-annual basis
- Software spending detail by category (35+), system platform (4), region (4), quarter, year – updated on a quarterly basis
- Server and Storage spending detail by price band category (5), operating system (4), region (4), quarter, year – updated on a quarterly basis
- Services spending detail by category (30+), country (20+), vertical market (25+), company size (4+), year - updated on a semi-annual basis
- IT and Non-IT spending by Business Process (40+), country (20+), vertical market (25+), company size (4+), year - updated on a semi-annual basis
- Early Warning System for IT Market
- Various special economic and IT analyses related to specific market events