Business Value Consulting
What is Somerford's Business Value Consulting (BVC)?
Used in-house by Somerford Associates, our business value consulting framework provides customers with clear value benchmarks, offering a perspective on the net benefits achieved by organisations that adopt data-driven strategies to modernise services and optimise operational costs.
Standardising methods and business processes drives simplification and consolidation, improving overall productivity and organisational efficiency. Once standardised and streamlined, many organisations unlock significant additional value through intelligent automation and process optimisation.
Standardising methods and business processes drives simplification and consolidation, improving overall productivity and organisational efficiency. Once standardised and streamlined, many organisations unlock significant additional value through intelligent automation and process optimisation.
The Prescriptive Value Path (PVP)
Splunk's Business Value Consulting tools can provide customers with value benchmarks that provide a perspective on net benefits expressed by Splunk customers who undertake data-driven strategies to modernise their services and optimise costs.
Standardising across methods and business processes leads to simplification and consolidation, improving overall productivity. Once standardised and simplified, many organisations realise significant benefits through automation.
Standardising across methods and business processes leads to simplification and consolidation, improving overall productivity. Once standardised and simplified, many organisations realise significant benefits through automation.
Data Source Assessment (DSA)
Exercise focuses on aligning your data environment with key goals through a joint discovery exercise between Somerford Associates, with Key IT and Business groups. There are currently two self-service tools for Data Source Assessment analyses.
There is a new customer analysis which focuses on the total data to be ingested. The other is for existing customers which shows current ingest as well as data sources that still need to be ingested to accomplish your organisational goals.
There is a new customer analysis which focuses on the total data to be ingested. The other is for existing customers which shows current ingest as well as data sources that still need to be ingested to accomplish your organisational goals.
The Interactive Value Assessment (IVA)
A tool that calculates the current value for existing customers as well as projecting future value for new and existing customers. In addition, you can also demonstrate financial metrics around Return On Investment (ROI), Payback Period and Net Present Value (NPV). Assessment areas include IT Operations, Application Support, Application Development, and Security and Compliance.
The Interactive Value Assessment (IVA) Lite
The IVA Lite helps customers understand the tangible business value that data-driven platforms and modern digital strategies can deliver. This assessment calculates both current and future value potential and generates clear financial metrics, including Return on Investment (ROI) and Payback Period.
The assessment evaluates value drivers across four key buying centres: IT Operations, Application Support, DevOps, and Security, providing a holistic view of operational, technical, and business impact.
Cloud Value Calculator
The Cloud Value Calculator provides a compelling narrative around the value of cloud adoption, highlighting the reallocation of operational hours and the organisation’s ability to deliver measurable, qualified business benefits. It also helps identify potential cost savings associated with cloud-based deployments, including a clear breakdown of traditional cost components such as licensing, infrastructure, support, training, and professional services.
This creates a transparent, data-driven view of both financial and operational impact, supporting confident decision-making and investment planning.
Value Stack
The Value Stack is used to connect capabilities, initiatives, and expected outcomes into a single, coherent value narrative for a customer’s environment. It links strategic objectives to operational execution, helping organisations clearly understand how investments translate into measurable business impact.
For new customers, this can be tailored into a Success Framework, providing a structured approach to implementation and adoption — ensuring the right foundations are in place from the start to maximise long-term value and return on investment.
Business Value Consulting Overview
Unlock the potential of your organisation with our partner's Business Value Consulting (BVC) tools, now available as a complimentary service. Dive deeper into how BVC can revolutionise your business processes and solutions with our latest data sheet.
Dedicated Support Desk
At Somerford Associates, we know how inconvenient it can be when services encounter issues. To address this, we offer certified support services through our dedicated support desk.
Our support desk is available to both our customers and prospective clients exploring Splunk through a proof of concept. We're committed to ensuring that your experience with Splunk is seamless and efficient.
Our support desk is available to both our customers and prospective clients exploring Splunk through a proof of concept. We're committed to ensuring that your experience with Splunk is seamless and efficient.
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Somerford Associates is committed to delivering exceptional professional services at every stage of your journey. Contact us to for more information about our Business Value Consulting.