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Blueprint to Re-Cycle the much Hyped MagiK Kvadrant

Blueprint to Re-Cycle the much Hyped MagiK Kvadrant

By Zoli Erdos on March 25, 2013

Fellow Enterprise Irregular and HfS Research Founder Phil Fersht introduced their new Blueprint with an appropriate title: Step aside Magic Quadrant, hello Blueprint. I think such a milestone warrants a historical overview of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, Hype Cycle, Magic Cycle, Magic Hype, Hyped Magik… or any other variation you prefer.  And since it’s just a few […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Blueprint, gartner, Gartner MQ, HfS Research, Horses For Sources, Humor, Hype Cycle, Just for fun, Magic Quadrant, research

The truth about Magic Quadrants, Waves etc

The truth about Magic Quadrants, Waves etc

By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 25, 2013

My friends at Horses for Sources are introducing their Blueprint which they position as “not reliant on the arbitrary viewpoint of a single analyst” as say a Gartner Magic Quadrant or a Forrester Wave. I hope they do well with it, but there are some fundamental flaws with the MQ or Wave that I am […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Blueprint, gartner, Magic Quadrant

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Step aside Magic Quadrant, hello Blueprint

By Phil Fersht on March 25, 2013

After three years of hard labor, we, at HfS, are proud to launch our first “HfS Blueprint” that we believe is the a revolutionary crowdsourced methodology for evaluating business and IT service providers.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Blueprint, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Current Affairs, Finance & Accounting BPO, HfS, Innovation in Outsourcing, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, The Future of Outsourcing, The HfS Blueprint | 4 Responses

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