# Global Capability Center Planning

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<main class="ak-practice" data-pr-service="gcc-planning"><section class="pr-hero"><div class="pr-wrap"><div class="pr-crumb"><a href="https://akholi.com/research-lead-outsourcing-gcc-advisory/">Practice</a> / Global Capability Center Planning</div><div class="pr-hero-grid"><div><div class="pr-kicker">Akholi Practice / Phil Hatch</div><h1>Global Capability Center Planning</h1><p class="pr-lead">Plan a global capability center around the capability and service the institution needs. Phil Hatch challenges the business case, compares relevant delivery choices, and defines the owner-side preparation and investment gates.</p><div class="pr-actions"><a href="https://akholi.com/contact/#practice-enquiry" class="pr-button" data-pr-event="practice_enquiry_click" data-pr-service="gcc-planning" data-pr-placement="hero">Discuss an engagement with Phil</a><a href="https://akholi.com/research-lead-outsourcing-gcc-advisory/crisis-response/" data-pr-event="practice_service_select" data-pr-service="crisis" data-pr-placement="hero">Urgent problem? Crisis Response</a></div><p class="pr-proofline"><a href="https://akholi.com/about/phil-hatch/">Phil Hatch</a> / Principal-led advisory / Financial institutions</p></div><aside class="pr-note"><h2>Institutional Planning Scope</h2><p>The purpose, choices, economics, operating model, governance, and preparation requirements behind the decision.</p></aside></div></div></section><div class="pr-nav-band"><div class="pr-wrap"><nav class="pr-local-nav" aria-label="Sections in Global Capability Center Planning"><a href="#planning">Planning scope</a><a href="#specialists">Specialist work</a><a href="#evidence">Evidence</a><a href="#next-step">Discuss the investment</a></nav></div></div><section id="investment"><div class="pr-wrap"><h2>Investment Purpose and Delivery Alternatives</h2><p>A global capability center (GCC) is an organization-owned delivery center. Its purpose may include capability, control, service quality, resilience, innovation, talent, or cost. Planning should evaluate that purpose and the alternatives before treating location or labor savings as the investment case.</p><p>Phil acts for the institution making the decision. The assignment can compare retained delivery, outsourced delivery, expansion of an existing center, and a new center where those choices are relevant. A decision not to build remains valid.</p></div></section><section id="planning"><div class="pr-wrap"><h2>Institutional Planning Scope</h2><ul class="pr-list"><li><strong>Purpose and delivery choices</strong><span>The business outcomes, scope, capabilities, demand, service requirements, and realistic alternative delivery models.</span></li><li><strong>Investment case</strong><span>Observed cost baseline, whole-life cost assumptions, transition needs, risks, dependencies, and sensitivity to material assumptions.</span></li><li><strong>Operating model</strong><span>Center mandate, retained responsibilities, leadership, demand ownership, service interfaces, and performance evidence.</span></li><li><strong>Governance and control</strong><span>Parent-center authority, oversight, risk, reporting, changes, human review, continuity, and escalation.</span></li><li><strong>Location and capability criteria</strong><span>The talent, resilience, operating, legal, security, and institutional requirements that specialist location analysis must evaluate.</span></li><li><strong>Preparation and investment gates</strong><span>Material gaps, owners, dependencies, resourcing, approval criteria, and the plan required before commitment.</span></li></ul></div></section><section id="specialists"><div class="pr-wrap"><h2>Specialist Responsibilities and Delivery Scope</h2><p>Country and site economics, tax, legal entity formation, employment, recruitment, property, payroll, security architecture, and local operations require appropriate expertise. Phil can lead integration and executive challenge. Any specialist delivery scope, lead, availability, fees, and conflicts are agreed explicitly.</p><div class="pr-band"><p>The planning offer does not imply an all-inclusive GCC build-and-operate service. Integrated execution is offered only when the necessary delivery organization and responsibilities have been established.</p></div></div></section><section id="evidence"><div class="pr-wrap"><h2>Research Scope and GCC Application</h2><p>The 2026 study examined outsourcing engagements. It did not measure GCC performance or validate a GCC investment model. GCC planning draws on Phil’s operating experience, the institution’s evidence, and a tailored review of the proposed operating and control arrangements.</p><p>For an existing center, see <a href="https://akholi.com/research-lead-outsourcing-gcc-advisory/global-capability-center-performance-tuning/">GCC Performance and Recovery</a>. For the overall preparation offer, see <a href="https://akholi.com/research-lead-outsourcing-gcc-advisory/preparation-readiness/">Preparation and Readiness</a>.</p></div></section><section id="next-step"><div class="pr-wrap"><h2>GCC Planning Enquiries</h2><p>Start with the concern, the decision you need to make, and the people responsible. Agree scope, access, responsibilities, timing, and fees directly with Phil Hatch.</p><div class="pr-actions"><a href="mailto:p.hatch@akholi.com?subject=Akholi%20Practice%3A%20gcc%20planning" class="pr-button" data-pr-event="practice_enquiry_click" data-pr-service="gcc-planning" data-pr-placement="closing">Contact Phil Hatch</a><a href="https://akholi.com/contact/#practice-enquiry" data-pr-event="practice_enquiry_click" data-pr-service="gcc-planning" data-pr-placement="closing">Contact details and enquiry options</a></div></div></section></main>
