{"id":39,"date":"2009-05-04T05:16:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2014-02-21T09:17:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T14:17:13","slug":"outsourcing-relationships-challenging-failure-part-1-of-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-7\/outsourcing-relationships-challenging-failure-part-1-of-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Outsourcing Relationships:  Challenging Failure (part 1 of 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When dealing with a failing outsourcing relationship, getting back on track can be achieved by following a ten step program of improvement.\u00a0 Before we can get to the 10 step process for success, we need to review 10 important concepts.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Realize that people have different perspectives on problems and you need to<br \/>\nremain objective at all times.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t be a contributor to the problem; be part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Set Milestones: It is rare to jump from a failing\u00a0relationship to a successful one<br \/>\novernight.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 Make sure that everyone\u00a0is clear about roles, responsibilities, and ownership<br \/>\nof issues.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 Talk and listen to your service provider or client.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 Refer to facts, not hearsay or rumor.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 Documentation of progress\u00a0is going to be required.\u00a0 Tracking can be simplified<br \/>\nwith tools like <a title=\"CMMS Software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/cmms\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">CMMS Software<\/a> and <a title=\"Janitorial Software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/janitorial-software\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Janitorial Software<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 Don\u2019t threaten the other party; this doesn&#8217;t fit well with the open and honest<br \/>\nrelationship you\u2019re working hard to build.<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 If you are the client, and the situation deteriorates, you will still be dependent<br \/>\non your service provider (at least in the short term).\u00a0 You will need to work closely<br \/>\nwith your service provider to transfer services to another provider.<br \/>\nYou can\u2019t just simply walk away.<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 Instead of seeing the other party as the cause of all your problems, work together<br \/>\nto fix your problems.\u00a0 In this way, you have a higher possibility of saving your<br \/>\nrelationship.<\/p>\n<p>In part two, we will review steps 1 and 2 of Challenging Failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When dealing with a failing outsourcing relationship, getting back on track can be achieved by following a ten step program of improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[44,50],"tags":[6,3,4],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"psp_head":"<title>Outsourcing Relationships Challenging Failure Part 1 \u2013 PSIwebware - Hometown of TAMS<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When dealing with a failing outsourcing relationship, getting back on track can be achieved by following a ten step program of improvement.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-7\/outsourcing-relationships-challenging-failure-part-1-of-6\/\" \/>\r\n","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ATPx-D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}