Practical writing on how software audits, licensing programmes, and SAM engagements actually get delivered — the governance, the discipline, and the patterns we see in the field.
Most audits don't go wrong on licensing detail. They go wrong on coordination. Five failure patterns we see in vendor audit responses, and what disciplined project management changes.
Why organisations bring in an independent project manager to run a vendor audit response: independence, pattern experience, a defined engagement, and a team freed to do its day job.