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In a decentralized organization it is critical to manage the IT strategy on a global level while integrating legacy into the building of new IT systems driving business transformation. Here are 5 keys to organize the decision process and transformation of your application portfolio.
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5 Ways to Organize the Decision Process and Plan the Transformation of your Application PortfolioHow you can revolutionize your application portfolio management initiatives to drive IT transformation Step 3: Transformation
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Recurring concerns
In order to decide which actions to take on the application portfolio, the CIO must:
– Have a clear vision of the lifecycle of each application and its components
– Develop scenarios based on changes to lifecycles related to decisions made about applications (retirement, maintenance, etc.)
– Have the ability to sort through requested projects and decide which are most important based on specific criteria (risks, costs, bu-siness value, etc.)
"We need a method and a process to drive our IT asset transformation."
"Our business has totally changed: it’s impossible to design our future IT landscape without assessing the existing one."
"It is difficult to manage IT strategy globally in a decentralized organization."
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5 Ways to organize the decision process and plan the transformation of your application portfolio
#1. Get a clear vision of the lifecycle of each application and its components.
#2. Make relevant decisions with respect to business constraints, costs, and risks.
#3. Define possible scenarios to plan the transformation of your application portfolio.
#4. Compare transformation scenarios.
#5. Manage change.
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Get a clear vision on the lifecycle of each application and its components
Existing applications and technology components need to evolve based on:
– business projects – technology changes – maintenance requirements
Evaluation of the application portfolio, which defines priorities, has to integrate evolutions and transformations that are already planned.
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Make relevant decisions with respect to business constraints, costs and risks
Consolidating information about applications’ business and functional impact, as well as costs, ensures that relevant decisions are made related to the business value and technology efficiency of the applications to be removed.
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TechnicalEfficiency& Safety
Business Value
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Define roadmaps to plan the transformation of your application portfolio
Each application has its own lifecycle, from implementation to production to retirement.
Transformation scenario analysis helps evaluate the impact of all potential options. You can then answer questions like:
– What if this application was to be retired in 6 months/12 months/18 months?
– What if this application cannot be put into production for at least 3 months/6 months/ 8 months?
Once you understand the impacts of options, it’s easier to make an informed decision.
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Planification des initiatives de transformation
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Compare transformation scenarios
Building transformation scenarios: – lets you measure the impact of any change
on costs, risks, business operations, and other important items.
– ensures that you’re making decisions adap-ted to your organization's ability to change.
– reduces both the technological and organiza-tional risks of any transformation.
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Manage change
To manage effective transformation of your application portfolio you need to:
– Define tangible objectives and measure ROI – Implement a governance structure integrating
different stakeholders (APM project team, enterprise architects, CIO, business applica-tion owners, …) with clear, defined responsi-bilities
– Implement the inventory collection and main-tenance process to get reliable and relevant information to make decisions
– Organize the change management process
By integrating APM into a conti-nuous process, using a proven, spe-cialized software solution, CIOs can have the modern governance tools that they need.
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For additional steps, see:
eBook: 4 ways to get a simple, organized view of your application landscape
eBook: 5 ways to evaluate the costs, risks, and technology efficiency of your application portfolio
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