IDC PlanScape: Application Portfolio Modernization and Rationalization

IDC PlanScape Figure

• Figure: IDC PlanScape: Executive Summary of Application Portfolio Modernization and Rationalization

Executive Summary

Why Is APMR Important?

What Is APMR?

• Elements of Application Portfolio Management

• Technical Debt

• Portfolio Relationships

• Modernization and Rationalization Capability

• Governance

• Processes

• Talent

• Technology

• Data

Who Are the Key Stakeholders?

• Table: Key Stakeholders and Their Responsibilities

How Can My Organization Take Advantage of APMR?

• Initial Rationalization Process

• Application Modernization and Rationalization as a Continuous Process

• Figure: APMR Process

• Inventory: Create/Maintain Application Inventory

• Assess: Assess/Analyze Applications' Health

• Figure: Analysis Perspectives

• Rationalize: Identify Applications for Retirement, Consolidation, or Modernization Based on Predefined Criteria and Prioritization

• Figure: Prioritization Scorecard

• Plan: Develop a Detailed Road Map and an Implementation Plan, Considering Dependencies, Resources, and Risk Mitigation Strategies

• Modernize: Execute the Modernization Plan, Leveraging Modern Technologies, Cloud Computing, and Agile Methodologies

• Operate and Optimize: Continuously Monitor and Optimize the Modernized Application Portfolio, Ensuring Alignment with Evolving Business Needs and Emerging Technologies

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