Where do we have functional redundancies?

The business question Where do we have functional redundancies? shows which applications support the same business capabilities . Ideally each application supports a business capability.

This visualization helps reduce functional redundancy and decreases risk due to too many applications supporting all organizational needs. The report also helps identify replacement candidates in case an application will be rationalized.

Use the method that is most convenient for you:

  • In the left navigation panel, enter Where do we have functional redundancies? in the Search Navigation field.
  • In the left navigation panel, click Home. In the content area, go to the Business Questions page and click the tile for Where do we have functional redundancies?
  • In the left navigation panel, expand the sections Business Questions and Rationalization and click Where do we have functional redundancies?

The Applications and Business Capability Overlap view is a dataset that shows which applications support the same business capabilities. Here's how to interpret the information:

  • The Application column and the Similar Application column show the applications whose business capabilities are being compared.
  • The Overlap Count column displays the total number of business capabilities that the two applications support. The Overlap % columns shows the percentage of business capabilities that the two applications have in common.
  • Click a linked number in the Overlap % column to open a matrix report showing all business capabilities that both applications support as well as which business capabilities each application exclusively supports. Business capabilities are colored based on the Business Relevance attribute. Dark purple indicates the business capability is Mission Critical and therefore is crucial to the organization's business and essential to the accomplishment of the vision, goals and objectives. Light purple indicates it is Business Evolving and responds to internal and external change to support the necessary steps to transition the organization's business.
  • Click the ThreeDots_Black three vertical dots button > Show Legend to understand the color coding.

For a detailed explanation of how to capture and analyze your IT architecture, as well as a complete overview of all available business questions that provide insight, see Begin with your IT transformation.