ThoughtWorks Total Economic Impact

Forrester Consulting The Total Economic Impact(TEI) of ThoughtWorks on Client Projects

Find out how we engage with our clients by reviewing the latest TEI commissioned case studies conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of ThoughtWorks. TEI is a highly customized methodology that helps IT professionals make better, more cost-effective decisions regarding the selection of technology vendors. TEI systematically looks at the potential affects of technology investments across four dimensions:

• Cost - impact on IT
• Benefits - impact on business
• Flexibility - future options created by the investment
• Risk - uncertainty

ThoughtWorks commissioned Forrester Consulting to provide an objective third party assessment of the value we provide to our clients.

Client: UK Media Organisation

The Results:

• Reduced cost by 40%
• Delivered estimated 40% ROI in five year cycle
• Achieved faster time to benefits
• Embraced changes in scope and included new features within budget.

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Client: Four Fortune 500 Companies

The Results:

• Improved time to benefit by 69%
• Reduced cost by 57%
• Reduced effort by 62%
• Reduced critical defects by nearly 80%
• Reduced overall defects by more than 60%

Participants in the study indicated they realized or expected to realise 29 to 66 percent risk-adjusted return on investment over three years using the ThoughtWorks Agile development approach.

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Client: Global 50 Insurance Company - Distributed project

The Results:

• Improved time to benefit by 50%
• Nearly 30% more cost effective than the traditional offshore approach
• 94% three-year return on overall project compared to 4% with a more traditional offshore approach

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Client: Australian Insurance Company

The Results:

• Improved time to benefit by over 50%
• Reduced cost by 33%
• Improved ROI to 29% from a negative return on investment with alternative

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