The Essentials Agreement

Identify IT bottlenecks, clear congestion, and keep operations flowing smoothly. IT in the Flow.

Thanks for meeting with us. I hope the time had value and helped you better determine the issues, pains and a solution to help you address them. Our mission is to be a world class IT relationship provider.

Key points from our meeting:

What is Success from the IT Department?

Technical Debt Reduction

Fewer Issues

Less Risk

Business & Budget Alignment

Operational Boosts

Happy End Users

FEWER ISSUES

Key Performance Indicators:

  • Number of issues
  • Severity/impact of issues
  • Hours of technical resolution time divided by the number of endpoints (PC’s and Servers)

OPERATIONAL BOOSTS

Key Performance Indicators:
  • General IT Standards/Gaps/% of alignment
  • Quarterly IT Objectives % Completed
  • (Scope, budget, schedule, satisfaction score)
  • Annual IT Objectives % Completed

LESS RISK

Key Performance Indicators:

  • Regulatory Standards/Gaps/% of alignment
  • General Cybersecurity Standards/Gaps/% of alignment
  • Advanced Cybersecurity Standards/Gaps/% of alignment

HAPPY END USERS

Key Performance Indicators:

  • IT Support Client Satisfaction Score
  • IT Project (end user facing) Client Satisfaction Score

BUSINESS & BUDGET ALIGNMENT

Key Performance Indicators:

  • IT Operational Expense % of Budget
  • IT Capital Expense % of Budget

What are the distinct ROLES of IT?

What is included within an ESSENTIALS agreement?

MANAGED SECURITY - HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND SERVICES

BACKUPS/BUSINESS CONTINUITY – HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND SERVICES

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

IT SUPPORT (PLEASE DISCUSS WITH ME YOUR OPTIONS HERE AS WE HAVE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AVAILABLE)

How do the FEES work?

Onboarding

NUMA charges an onboarding fee equal to 2x the recurring monthly fee. This is charged upfront and must be paid before work begins.

Recurring

The agreement is billed monthly at the beginning of the month. Credit card, e-check or ACH payment is required.

Agreement Terms

Super simple with very little teeth – agreement is month to month for the first 12 months (no penalty to exit) after your first 12 months the agreement extends by another 24 months (2-month penalty to exit during that time).

The Importance of a vCIO (Virtual Chief Information Officer)

It’s a fancy title. We didn’t invent it. A vCIO is a smart technology professional with business experience. They create relationships with the key people in your organization to understand your business, operations, objectives, challenges and opportunities. When they understand you, your team and the needs they can help steer your IT over time to better serve the organization. They understand the technology and the operational challenges organizations face.

 

In an Essentials agreement you meet with them formally once a year for a Technology Steering Meeting. You also have their direct line, email address and can engage them informally throughout the year as needs for solutions and advice arise.

The Importance of a TAM (Technology Alignment Manager)

Think of a TAM like an IT auditor. Once a year they are coming onsite, doing an “Essential” review of your technology against our Essential set of IT and cybersecurity standards. Finding the gaps, improving documentation, proactively reviewing the environment to reduce issues, improve standards alignment, and improve the documentation for all parties involved.

 

The TAM and the vCIO work closely to raise issues up that need attention from the organization, so that good decisions and investments are consistently made.

Choosing an IT Partner

We hope the time spent and information provided have been helpful so far. We want a successful long-term relationship, not to be a faceless remote IT vendor. Please provide us feedback on how else we can make the journey of finding a good fit better.

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