Software licensing cost evaluation/optimization

 

Course Title

Software licensing cost evaluation/optimization

Course Description

 This course will teach students how to use a holistic approach to the financial impact of software licensing on a company´s business and technology. Several financial and research techniques are provided in order to properly reveal hidden costs and calculate a solution´s TCO (total cost of ownership) including its licensing.

Objectives
  • · Teach IT managers how to collect and organize information in preparation for the cost analysis of a solution´s licensing.
  • · Provide techniques, tools and best practices on how to do research, analyze and plan for cost reduction/optimization or new software license/subscription acquisition initiatives

Requiered Background

 Students in this course will requiere knowledge on IT management, financial and technological analysis is important. Contract administration is also relevant.

Readings

 TBD

Class Sessions

 3 classes a week (1hr each) during eight weeks. Total hours is 24hrs.

Methodology

 TBD

Grading
  • · You must complete 2 essays per week during the first 5 weeks.
  • · You must complete 1 essay per week for weeks 6 and 7.
  • · (team activity) You must successfully write a group analysis on a case study related to an IT Platform Deployment (SW and HW), and the impact certain technological changes have in the licensing scenario defined. Must be submitted by the end of week 8.
  • · All essays equal 70% of the course´s grading and the team activity will account for 30% of the course´s grading.
  • · The course is successfully completed is you rate 85% of more in your class work.
  • · You can only miss one essay during the entire class. Failure to deliver at least 11 essays will result in course cancellation.

Schedule

 Defined by either student or institution.

Duration

 Classes: 24 hrs.Works:36 hrs.

Total hours are 60 hrs.

Language

 English – Spanish (soon Portuguese).
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