When organizations consider application oversight a low priority and app portfolio knowledge is poor:
- No dedicated or centralized effort to manage the app portfolio means no single source of truth is available to support informed decision-making.
- Organizations acquire more applications over time, creating redundancy, waste, and the need for additional support.
- Organizations are more vulnerable to changing markets. Flexibility and growth are compromised when applications are unadaptable or cannot scale.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- You cannot outsource application strategy.
- Modern software options have lessened the need for organizations to have robust in-house application management capabilities. But your applications’ future and governance of the portfolio still require centralized oversight to ensure the best overall return on investment.
- Application portfolio management is the mechanism to ensure that the applications in your enterprise are delivering value and support for your value streams and business capabilities. Understanding value, satisfaction, technical health, and total cost of ownership are critical to digital transformation, modernization, and roadmaps.
Impact and Result
Build an APM program that is ready for action and fit for size:
- Understand your current state, needs, and goals for your application portfolio management.
- Create an application and platform inventory that is built for better decision making.
- Rationalize your apps with business priorities and communicate risk in operational terms.
- Create a roadmap that improves communication between those who own, manage, and support your applications.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
9.5/10
Overall Impact
$205,793
Average $ Saved
32
Average Days Saved
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Oregon Public Utility Commission
Workshop
10/10
$2,740
5
Asia is a great facilitator with a wealth of information for my team. We enjoyed working with her during this engagement.
PBI Gordon Companies, Inc
Guided Implementation
10/10
$34,250
10
Orange County Government
Guided Implementation
8/10
$13,700
10
Regional Transportation District
Guided Implementation
9/10
$1.23M
80
Hans plays a crucial role in driving positive change and enhancing IT maturity, delivering tangible results. InfoTech, as a whole, provides excepti... Read More
Northland Power Inc
Guided Implementation
8/10
$100K
20
It was a lot of information in one shot but Kieran was very helpful in clarifying my questions and requests.
Governor's Office of Planning and Research
Guided Implementation
10/10
$137K
20
Best: The engagement met 100% of my expectations. My team was able to implement the guidance and learning in real time with the analyst. Worst:... Read More
Carver County, MN
Guided Implementation
10/10
$2,603
5
D&I Associates Ltd
Guided Implementation
9/10
$85,500
20
+ve : Very effectively scheduled, call opened on time, quick intros, opportunity to share context, practical advice based on sound models/framework... Read More
Stellenbosch University
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
120
Even though I am new to architecture landscape everyone was very welcoming and I was not intimidated by the content.
Regional Transportation District
Guided Implementation
10/10
$1.23M
110
Expert, friendly and collaborative advice.
University of Ottawa
Guided Implementation
8/10
N/A
N/A
Too early to estimate savings at this point. Looks really positive. We can fill out a survey at the end of the work.
New Mexico Department Of Health
Guided Implementation
9/10
$1.37M
110
Hans is a wealth of information and a welcome knowledge-asset!
Regional Transportation District
Guided Implementation
10/10
$685K
47
This engagement has helped RTD establish a baseline measure of our Application Portfolio giving us better command over which systems need to be pri... Read More
Amey
Guided Implementation
10/10
$11,970
10
Excellent knowledge and able to put it quickly into the context of our organisation
NH Advisory LLC
Guided Implementation
9/10
$13,700
20
Andrew was very helpful. There is a lot of material to parse through - all positive
Bioventus LLC
Guided Implementation
10/10
$68,500
10
This was a great start to this guided implementation. I look forward to seeing the actual results at the end.
Sundale
Guided Implementation
10/10
$18,655
18
Great session with Ricardo who clearly and expertly unpacked and explained everything I need to know to get to the next stage.
Oregon Department of Justice
Guided Implementation
10/10
$2,740
20
It was great to learn about APM and how it can be utilized. This is something that we will plan to implement in the future. An executive summary... Read More
Community Aid, Inc.
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Hong was extremely helpful, pliable and accessible. We greatly appreciate his patience and expertise. Worst part is the rationizations input ta... Read More
North American Air Travel Insurance Agents Ltd.
Guided Implementation
10/10
$90,000
20
Another excellent & insightful meeting with Hans! His App spreadsheet is really helping us uncover a lot of facts about applications are users like... Read More
Braun Intertec Corporation
Guided Implementation
9/10
$2,466
2
Suneel does a great job to help put context around approach and ask good questions to help us shape what it is that would help guide us to get the ... Read More
Diamond Offshore, LLC
Guided Implementation
9/10
$34,250
5
Alignment and explanation of how I can use the tool to bring value by doing an Application Portfolio Management exercise to the org and more import... Read More
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assoc.
Guided Implementation
9/10
$130K
20
Washington State Department of Health
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
50
Having the discussions about what EA is thinking vs reality. Take that with the methodology of the offering will assist when working within the DOH... Read More
The Corporation of United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
20
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Guided Implementation
10/10
$27,300
20
Best part - a proven cost effective framework supported by knowledgeable people
Consumers Energy
Workshop
10/10
$685K
20
Best part - Hans is exceptionally knowledgeable and a skilled facilitator. This is a tough topic to tackle, fraught with politics and fear, and he... Read More
SUNS LEGACY PARTNERS, LLC
Guided Implementation
10/10
$75,350
50
The PPT Slides and Excel templates are awesome!!! Also, Hong's advice was invaluable!! No negatives whatsoever!
Consumers Energy
Workshop
10/10
$685K
20
Kieran was an excellent partner for this workshop. He was flexible, knowledgeable, and helped build trust with our business partners.
Honorhealth
Guided Implementation
10/10
$130K
18
Application Portfolio Management
Support your ongoing business objectives with a rationalized application portfolio while remaining aligned with your current and future technology needs.
This course makes up part of the Applications Certificate.
- Course Modules: 6
- Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour
- Featured Analysts:
- Ricardo de Oliveira - Research Director
Workshop: Rationalize Your Application Portfolio
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Lay Your Foundations
The Purpose
- Work with key corporate stakeholders to come to a shared understanding of the benefits and aspects of application portfolio management.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Establish the goals of APM.
- Set the scope of APM responsibilities.
- Establish business priorities for the application portfolio.
Activities
Outputs
Assess your current application portfolio
- An understanding of your current application portfolio
Determine narrative
- Current narrative for why we need to rationalize our application portfolio
Define goals and metrics
- Set short- and long-term goals and metrics
Define application categories
- List of application categories
Determine steps and roles
- A list of steps and roles for your rationalization program
Module 2: Improve Your Inventory
The Purpose
- Gather information on your applications to build a detailed inventory and identify areas of redundancy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Populated inventory based on your and your team’s current knowledge.
- Understanding of outstanding data and a plan to collect it.
Activities
Outputs
Populate inventory
- Initial application inventory
Assign to business capabilities
- Alignment of inventory to business capabilities
Module 3: Rationalize Your Applications
The Purpose
Work with the application subject matter experts to collect and compile data points and determine the appropriate disposition for your apps.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Dispositions for individual applications
- Application rationalization framework
Activities
Outputs
Assess business value
- Business value score for individual applications
Assess technical health
- Technical health score for individual applications
Assess end-user perspective
- End-user satisfaction score for individual applications
Assess total cost of ownership
- Assessed TCO for individual applications
Module 4: Populate Your Roadmap
The Purpose
- Work with application delivery specialists to determine the strategic plans for your apps and place these in your portfolio roadmap.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Prioritized initiatives
- Initial application portfolio roadmap
- Ongoing structure of APM
Activities
Outputs
Review APM Snapshot results
- A clear view of areas to focus on
Review Rationalization results
- A view of recommended dispositions and priorities for your applications
Determine dispositions
- Confirmed set of dispositions for your applications
Assess redundancies (optional)
- Identified set of redundant applications
Determine dispositions for redundant applications (optional)
- Dispositions for redundant applications
Prioritize initiatives
- Prioritized new potential initiatives
Determine ongoing cadence
- Established an ongoing cadence of activities