Application Portfolio Rationalization as a Service
Enterprises accumulate large application portfolios over time, resulting in high maintenance costs and complicated inter-dependencies. Rationalizing an application portfolio is a key step in the enterprise digital journey and requires fewer resources to operate, while empowering accelerated changes.
55%
Of CIOs are challenged by their
boards to reduce costs of IT.
42%
Of leading organizations are cutting IT operating costs to give business leaders more budget for digital solutions development.
A significant share of IT operating costs is spent on running and maintaining the applications.
In many organizations, application portfolios are accidental
and disorganized.
Legacy, poorly architected applications are slowing the introduction of new digital offerings.
Bloated application portfolio slows down business agility.
Organizations with an outdated app portfolio fall short in business performance, and struggle to introduce new products and services fast enough.
Leading organizations are managing application portfolios with a focus on maximizing business value and simplifying business processes.
Jeanne was recently appointed as a CIO. As a newly hired and valued member she understood the company culture and structure, had a passion for complex systems, and a vision for digital transformation.
She wanted to make things happen!
The application portfolio assessment
has been created
INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ASSESSED AND EVALUATED. EVALUATION STAGE CONSIDERS THE BUSINESS VALUE DELIVERED AND THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO).
An assessment revealed a functional duplication across the portfolio because applications had been operated with overlapping features. Jeanne included business functions leaders into the business process standardization exercise.
