Application Portfolio Management Foundations
Ensure your application portfolio delivers the best possible return on investment.
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Neglecting your portfolio leads to:
- Unnecessary and high maintenance costs.
- Misdirection between IT and the business.
- Risks that cause more significant harm and cost to the business.
Rationalizing your application and showcasing their future direction:
- Reduces cost, risk, and complexity facing both IT and the business.
- Keeps stakeholders aligned with and informed on their applications.
- Ensures IT leaders maintain their role as drivers of the business.
Module 1: Lay Your Foundations
The Purpose
- Work with key corporate stakeholders to come to a shared understanding of the benefits and aspects of application portfolio management.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Establish the goals of APM.
- Set the scope of APM responsibilities.
- Establish business priorities for the application portfolio.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Define goals and metrics. |
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| 1.2 | Define application categories. |
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| 1.3 | Determine steps and roles. |
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| 1.4 | Weight value drivers. |
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Module 2: Improve Your Inventory
The Purpose
- Gather information on your applications to build a detailed inventory and identify areas of redundancy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Populated inventory based on your and your team’s current knowledge.
- Understanding of outstanding data and a plan to collect it.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Populate inventory. |
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| 2.2 | Assign business capabilities. |
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| 2.3 | Review outstanding data. |
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Module 3: Gather Application Information
The Purpose
Work with the application subject matter experts to collect and compile data points and determine the appropriate disposition for your apps.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Dispositions for individual applications
- Application rationalization framework
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Assess business value. |
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| 3.2 | Assess end-user perspective. |
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| 3.3 | Assess TCO. |
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| 3.4 | Assess technical health. |
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| 3.5 | Assess redundancies. |
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| 3.6 | Determine dispositions. |
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Module 4: Gather, Assess, and Select Dispositions
The Purpose
- Work with application delivery specialists to determine the strategic plans for your apps and place these in your portfolio roadmap.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Prioritized initiatives
- Initial application portfolio roadmap
- Ongoing structure of APM
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Prioritize initiatives |
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| 4.2 | Populate roadmap. |
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| 4.3 | Determine ongoing APM cadence. |
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| 4.4 | Build APM action plan. |
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