Business Value Planning Services (BVPS) is designed to help Microsoft customers identify, unlock, and capture the business value of the Office system through structured, multi-day engagements using their Software Assurance benefits.

BVPS is designed to help customer Business Decision Makers (BDMs) develop a plan to leverage the strategic value of the Microsoft Information Worker (IW) technologies by improving an impactful business process, working with the customer to document, analyze, optimize, justify, sequence, and propose a plan to improve their business using IW technologies.

Servitor Consulting Services will work with customers to identify, design, and implement improvements to an existing business process using Office system technologies to solve real problems they face every day.

Microsoft has launched a new initiative to help customers identify, unlock, and capture the business value of Information Worker (IW) solutions.  Through structured, multi-day BVPS engagements, Servitor Consulting Services will work with customers to identify, design, and implement improvements to an existing business process using IW solutions. This initiative will provide customers with a number of benefits:

·         Realize a greater return on existing Office System and IW technology investments

·         Solve real customer business problems with a familiar technology platform

·         Build a convincing business case for Office System and IW adoption within the customer organization

·         Receive 3rd party solution analysis and services

Microsoft has identified numerous process scenarios for BVPS with more to be added over time:

·         Automated Forms

·         Automated Performance Reporting

·         Budgeting

·         Collaborative Document Development

·         Content Search and Reuse

·         Merging Project Plans

·         Performance Management

·         Project Portfolio Management

·         Remote Training

·         Routing Communications

·         Sensitive Records Management

These scenarios can be applied in all functional areas of the customer’s organization. Customers will select one solution area for a BVPS Workshop from the above list. 

The BVPS initiative is modeled after Microsoft’s Desktop Deployment Planning Services (DDPS) program, and is a new Software Assurance (SA) benefit. Depending on the desired workshop length, Servitor will deliver a current state process analysis, future state process design, a high-level business case for the proposed solution, as well as a high-level adoption/implementation plan and a proposal for additional services to implement the solution. 

Customer Requirements

To facilitate the engagement, customers should identify a workshop owner, appropriate stakeholders and subject matter experts (SMEs) who will be willing to work with the Servitor to conduct the workshop. Team members should have in-depth knowledge of the problems and processes to be addressed during the workshop, and can assist in building buy-in for the developed solution. Customers will also be responsible for facilitating on-site logistics (e.g., conference rooms, building access, partner network access, etc.) and providing Servitor with relevant materials prior to and during the workshop.

BVPS Workshop Scenario Descriptions

To facilitate BVPS workshops, Microsoft has built out templates and references for BVPS workshops covering the following topics, with more to be added over time.  These scenarios can be applied in all functional areas of the customer’s organization. During discussions with Servitor, customers will select one scenario for a BVPS Workshop from the following list, and adjust it to their particular business process.