Discovery Questionnaire - Help Us Help You

Critical Path Software wants to learn more about your company’s performance and cost reduction priorities. Your insights help us tailor our solutions to better serve organizations running z/OS mainframes.

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TurboTune Cost Optimization Discovery Questionnaire



Company Information


IBM Mainframe Environment


Hardware & Cost Considerations
Is your organization requiring a hardware upgrade in the next 12 months?
Will significantly reducing CPU consumption delay the hardware upgrade?
Will a reduction in MSU/MIPS consumption lower your cost to outsource?
Own or Lease the Mainframe?
Is your mainframe fully outsourced?
Are any IT functions outsourced?


Software & System Optimization
Which system software products do you have installed?
Does the organization tune and perform processing maintenance in-house?
Is your system overhead greater than 8%?


Current Cost Structure
Are you an IBM Tailored Fit Pricing (TFP) Customer?
If YES, which TFP type?
How is your IT infrastructure billed?
Do you receive a single consolidated invoice for IT services, or is it broken down by department, workload, or business unit?
Are your mainframe costs primarily driven by IBM MLC, ISV fees, or both?
Are you on an IBM Enterprise Agreement, or do you pay based on actual usage?
Do you track MSU (Million Service Unit) consumption for cost optimization?
How are third-party vendor (ISV) tools like BMC, Broadcom, or Rocket Software priced in your environment?
(Check All That Apply)
Will significantly reducing CPU consumption create savings?
Do all third-party software costs increase as MIPS/MSU consumption increases?
What are your primary cost drivers for mainframe operations?
(Check All That Apply)
How are these costs measured and billed?
Do you use internal chargebacks for mainframe resource consumption?


Optimization & Performance Insights
What cost-saving initiatives have been attempted in the past?
(Check All That Apply)
How do you currently measure and monitor workload efficiency?
Are there known performance bottlenecks impacting costs?
Are you meeting your current Service Level Agreements (SLA)?
Is improving response times important to you?
Are applications growing along with DASD requirements?
Is DASD recovery important to you?
Are there applications that require performance improvement?
Do all batch applications run within the nightly batch window?


SQL and Application Performance:
Are these all actively used, or are some in standby/reserve capacity?
What are the primary workloads running on your Db2 environment?
(Check All That Apply)
Are there cost-reduction goals tied to optimizing Db2 usage?


Vendor Agreements & Pricing Models
How is your mainframe pricing structured with IBM and third-party vendors?
Are there penalties for exceeding CPU limits or workload thresholds?
Are there upcoming vendor contract renewals where efficiency gains could reduce costs?
Are cloud-based workloads affecting your mainframe cost structure?


Cost Savings Validation & Reporting
How does your company validate cost savings?
What level of reporting is required to prove cost reductions?
How soon do you expect measurable cost reductions?


Aligning with TurboTune’s Performance-Based Pricing
Which pricing model would you prefer?
Are you prepared to make financial disclosure to achieve perfomance based pricing?