Business Function and Application Assessment

Author(s): Geoff Nielson

Assessing the business function and value of enterprise applications is a pillar of Application Portfolio Management (APM). These attributes should be documented and considered when planning application development and maintenance resources and costs.

This tool includes:

  • A business function map to indicate priority areas that may need additional application support.
  • An assessment to evaluate application importance and quality.

This tool provides a template for enterprises to document the assessment of inventoried application business functions.


This downloadable tool is associated with the research note, "Reign in Maintenance Costs with Application Portfolio Management."