Tambellini Group’s Premium Services help colleges and universities navigate a changing higher education technology landscape, overcome obstacles across their institution, and build resiliency.
Budgetary Estimations
Budgetary Estimations provide institutions with detailed financial projections for upcoming projects. Whether calculating total cost of ownership (TCO) or developing a rough order of magnitude (ROM), this service equips leaders with the clarity needed for budgeting and long-term planning.
Business Case
The Business Case equips institutional leaders with a comprehensive document to secure executive or board approval for key projects. It includes:
Custom Solutions
Custom Solutions offer a tailored approach to addressing your institution’s unique challenges. Collaborate with Tambellini experts to design actionable strategies for issues like IT organizational restructuring or creating technology procurement guidelines. These solutions are built through in-depth consultations and are fully customized to your goals.
Data Governance Blueprint
The Data Governance Blueprint helps institutions establish the foundation for an effective data governance program. Tambellini Group® analysts will assess your current data landscape and deliver a high-level plan outlining objectives and actionable steps to implement a sustainable data governance framework.
Executive Presentation
Tambellini experts deliver tailored Executive Presentations to institutional leadership, providing objective insights and strategic recommendations on topics aligned with your institution’s priorities. These sessions are designed to facilitate informed decision-making and alignment across your executive team.
Market Reports
Market Reports provide higher ed leaders with concise, actionable insights into trends and vendor solutions for critical systems, such as ERP, CRM, and student information systems. These reports help institutions benchmark, strategize, and make informed technology decisions.
Modernization Planner
The Modernization Planner outlines key considerations and actionable steps for achieving long-term, comprehensive IT modernization. This strategic tool ensures institutions are prepared to align technology upgrades with institutional goals, budgetary constraints, and student success priorities.
Options Matrices
Options Matrices support institutions in evaluating and narrowing down potential technology solutions. Tambellini analysts will research up to three market-aligned options, providing a comparative analysis of their
strengths, limitations, and suitability based on your institution’s unique requirements.
Strategic Vendor Management
Strategic Vendor Management helps institutions optimize vendor relationships by improving contract terms, reducing risk, and minimizing costs. Tambellini experts will assess your current contracts and guide you in developing proactive vendor management strategies to maximize value and accountability.
Tabletop Exercises
Tabletop Exercises immerse institutional teams in practical, scenario-based training sessions. Choose from Tambellini’s pre-designed scenarios or collaborate with our experts to create a customized exercise tailored to your institution’s needs, such as crisis management or technology implementation readiness.
Workshops
Workshops bring institutional stakeholders together for facilitated discussions and information-gathering sessions, using surveys or collaborative meetings. Tambellini analyzes the findings and delivers tailored recommendations to help your institution take decisive next steps.
- Market Analysis: Current trends and vendor roadmaps for core systems.
- Peer Benchmarks: Insights into technology choices made by comparable institutions.
- Risk Assessment: Comparison of risks between legacy and modern systems.
- Budget Projections: Detailed financial analysis, including TCO and estimated ROI.
Why Tambellini?
Every institution’s modernization journey is different, but the goal is the same—to reach its Future Campus™. It’s the place where innovation and cutting-edge technology converge to create a sustainable, leading higher education institution. Tambellini Group’s higher education expertise, backed by unbiased, fact-based research and resources, make us the right partner to get you there.
Our work is led by former higher education leaders who understand:
- Complex institutional buying environments
- Multi-stakeholder decision-making
- Long procurement and modernization cycles
- The importance of credibility, neutrality, and institutional alignment
