Executive summary

A playbook for a make-buy-partner decision, how to weigh speed, cost, control, and risk and document the recommendation in a decision memo. This is the Make Buy Partner Decision Memo Playbook from the Stratenity Library, a governed consulting deliverable that is already built for you. It gives your team the full working method for make buy partner decision memo, and it walks through everything from inputs and evidence to the buy option: acquisition economics. Every asset ships with a worked client example, a clear RACI, defined KPIs, and governance you can defend, so your team adapts it to a live client engagement instead of starting from a blank page.

What is inside

What this playbook covers

This is a preview of the full deliverable. Inside the Stratenity Library, this playbook walks a consultant through the complete method, section by section, with a worked client example threaded throughout.

  • Purpose and When to Use This Playbook
  • Scope and the Decision Mandate
  • Inputs and Evidence
  • The Make-Buy-Partner Framework
  • Defining the Capability and Strategic Importance
  • The Make Option: Build Economics
  • The Buy Option: Acquisition Economics
  • The Partner Option: Alliance Economics
  • Total Cost of Ownership and Time to Capability
  • Risk, Control, and Strategic Fit
  • The Decision Memo and Recommendation
  • Applying the Playbook to a Real Engagement
  • Common Pitfalls and the Deliverable Pack
How to use it

Review, download, and activate in 48 hours

Stratenity Library subscribers can review this playbook in full, download it, and activate it into a governed, client-ready deliverable in 48 hours rather than weeks. Each asset ships with a worked client example, a clear RACI, defined KPIs, and governance you can defend.

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