Data requirements for "What are our investment and retirement candidates?"

This business question focuses on applications on multiple dimensions in the context of a TIME ( Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate) quadrant.

MM_WhatAreOurInvestment-RetirementCandidates 

To have meaningful data for the business question What are our investment and retirement candidates?, you must capture the following information about the applications , business capabilities , organizations , application groups , information flows , and components in your company.

Class Attribute Mandatory Explanation

Application

Name

Necessary for the visualization.

Version

Necessary for the visualization.

Start Date

x

The start date contributes to the technical score of the application.

Recommendation

x

The strategic recommendation regarding future investment for the application. Possible values are:

  • Tolerate: Invest in the application.
  • Invest: Consider the application as a migration candidate.
  • Migrate: Sundown the application.
  • Eliminate: Discontinue the application.

Architecture Type

x

The architecture type of the application: Possible values are:

  • Client-Server: The application divides tasks or workloads between the providers and consumers of a resource or service.
  • Cloud-Based: The application runs on SaaS cloud environments. The cloud infrastructure could be local or remote to the organization.
  • Distributed: The application runs on multiple computers within a network. The network boundary can extend from private intranets to public clouds.
  • External Webpage: The application is an external resource represented through a web link.
  • Mainframe: The application is used by large organizations to carry out critical processing tasks such as bulk processing of data, transactions, planning or statistical activities.
  • Stand-Alone: The application is a self-contained application that does not rely on external entities to complete a task.
  • Unknown: The architecture type has not yet been assessed.

Development Type

x

The application development type.

  • Bespoke: The application was created specifically to address a unique use case.
  • COTS - Configured: A commercial off-the-shelf application that has been configured or supports configuration to fulfill the requirements of the enterprise and is fully supported and upgrade-stable.
  • COTS - Customized: A commercial off-the-shelf application that is customized or contains organization-specific code/programming to suit the requirements of the enterprise.
  • Unknown: The application development type has not yet been assessed.

Number of Users

x

Indicator specifying the number users of the application. Contributes to the application's business score.

  • 0: 0
  • 1: 1-10
  • 2: 11-100
  • 3: 101-1.000
  • 4: 1.001-10.000
  • 5: >10.000

Software License Cost

Software Maintenance Cost

Infrastructure Cost

Service Cost

OpEx Other

x (all)

The application's current year total operational expenditure (OpEx) is defined as the sum of the application costs for the current year.

Business Owner and IT Owner

 x

The roles business owner and IT owner must be specified for either a person or organization for an application.

(Using) Organization

 x

The number of organizations using the application. Contributes to the business score.

Business Capability

Level ID

The hierarchical number of the business capability in the business capability hierarchy. For example: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, etc.

Name

Necessary for the visualization

Business Relevance

x

Indicates how relevant the business capability is for the business. Contributes to the business score.

  • Mission Critical: The business capability is crucial to the organization's business and therefore essential to the accomplishment of the vision, goals and objectives.
  • Business Evolving: The business capability responds to internal and external change and helps to support the necessary steps to transition the organization's business.
  • Business Enabling: The business capability is currently core to the business of the organization and describes what currently exists in the business.
  • Business Operating: The business capability is not unique to the business but does provide the support required to operate the business. Because it is not unique to the business, it does not constitute a core business capability.

Application

x

Application providing the business capability

Information Flow

Object State

Describes the operational status of the information flow. Information flows with a retired object state are ignored.

Source Application > Target Application

 x

An information flow requires an application that is the source and target of the connection. The number of information flows for which the application is the source or target contributes to the technical score.

Local Component

Application

x

The local component associates the component it is derived from with the application it belongs to.

Component

The component that the local component is derived from.

Component

Object State

Describes the operational status of the component. Components with a retired object state are ignored.

Lifecycle

x

The earliest end date of the lifecycle phase Manufacturer Extended Support of all components assigned to applications via local component is used to calculate the Vendor Support Lifespan indicator. The Vendor Support Lifespan indicator contributes to the technical score.