Total cost of ownership
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In this lesson
build a multi-year TCO model.
Planned topics
- Cost lines: build (people, vendors), licences and subscriptions, infrastructure, support, operations people, training, integration, migration, decommissioning.
- Model over several years (five for Larkspur); include growth in usage and price increases.
- Compare options on the same scope and the same period.
- State every assumption and its source; give ranges for uncertain ones.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a TCO sheet: rows of cost lines, columns Year 0 to Year 5, totals, assumptions tab with owner and confidence.
Check your understanding
Why compare a SaaS option against "zero" for the current system?
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Because the current system also costs money; compare all-in costs.
Practice
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