Business questions focused on Rationalization

The business question What are our investment and retirement candidates? helps you to decide where to focus rationalization activities by analyzing applications on multiple dimensions in the context of a TIME ( Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate ) quadrant. Review application scores when making decisions about whether it is best to keep an application ( Tolerate ), invest in the application ( Invest ), consider the application as a migration candidate ( Migrate ), or sundown the application ( Eliminate).

Compare the recommendations that were made for each application with the real-world business and technical scores and consider which applications may qualify as candidates to invest or retire in order to meet rationalization goals.

The business question What are our cost drivers? looks at the costs of the business capabilities based on the operational expenses of the applications that support them. Review the operating costs to differentiate between critical and standard business capabilities and identify the major cost drivers in the organization. Understand application expenses in the context of their business relevance in order to make sound rationalization and investment decisions.