The business question What is our technical debt? focuses on the dependencies of the applications in the application portfolio and highlights their dependencies on technical component based on lifecycle data. You can analyze lifecycle conflicts according to different time scales, thus reducing the risk and technical debt that accompany end-of-life technologies. This business question supports better planning and transparency in the IT so that you can act on your technical debt before an application or component goes out of service.
component
A component is a reusable block of functionality that provides technical functionality to the application or to the platforms that an application runs on. Components do not usually provide functionality to end users. Typical components are operating systems, database management systems, or application servers.
lifecycle
The lifecycle describes the planned schedule of a current real-world object in different lifecycle phases of a product. Lifecycle phases will be different depending on the object class. Lifecycle phases for an application are Pilot, Production, Retired, and Sunset.