cio-vendor-portfolio-rationalisation

name	cio-vendor-portfolio-rationalisation
description	Reduce SaaS/IT vendor sprawl. Outputs vendor inventory, overlap map, consolidation waves, negotiation levers, and 12-month savings plan with ownership.
argument-hint	["vendor list","spend data","contract expiry","business criticality"]
allowed-tools	Read, Write
audience	CIO

IT Vendor & SaaS Rationalisation

A decision-grade playbook for the CIO and executive peers. Use it to move from ambiguous business context to a clear, defensible narrative that a board, exec committee, or investment committee can act on within one working session.

The goal is not a long document — it is a short, sharp, source-cited artefact that survives challenge from a CFO, a CRO, a regulator, and a sceptical non-executive director in the same room.

When to invoke

• Preparing a board or exec-committee paper where the recommendation must land in ≤ 5 minutes of reading.
• Framing a major bet (platform, AI, M&A, transformation) where capital, org change, and risk trade off against each other.
• Responding to an activist question ("Why are we spending £X on this?") with a numerate, honest answer.
• Aligning C-suite peers before a decision is escalated — pre-wire the room, not surprise it.