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Application Rationalization

Application Rationalization: How do you deal with Tech Debt?

June 5, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

Application rationalization is largely about the elimination of technical debt. Let’s explore what we mean when we talk about tech debt, how much is too much, and what you can do about it?

Categories Application Rationalization Tags #eavoices

SAP S4/HANA transformation: don’t forget peripheral systems

June 1, 2023 by LeanIX

SAP S4/HANA transformations are gargantuan undertakings, so it’s all too easy to forget about your peripheral systems in your planning. Oliver Dawid, enterprise architect at fashion label Marc O’Polo, explains that your IT landscape must be tr…

Categories application portfolio management, Application Rationalization, sap s/4hana Tags #eavoices

E.ON Into The Future: Becoming Cloud Native With LeanIX

May 29, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

E.ON spoke at our recent LeanIX Connect summit on the necessity of becoming a cloud-native energy supplier to survive in the modern market. Let’s recap what E.ON told us and how LeanIX is supporting their initiatives.

Categories Application Rationalization, cloud native Tags #eavoices

Gartner’s TIME framework for app rationalization: Eliminate

April 17, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

The Gartner TIME framework for application rationalization offers you step-by-step instructions on how to make the difficult decision to sunset an application from your portfolio. We deep-dive into how this best-practice methodology supports y…

Categories Application Rationalization Tags #eavoices

Gartner TIME methodology for app rationalization: Migrate

April 11, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

The Gartner TIME methodology is a best-practice framework for determining when you need to migrate to a different application to better fulfill a business need. Let’s consider what TIME says about when you should migrate your users to a new ap…

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Gartner TIME framework for app rationalization: Invest

April 10, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

The Gartner TIME framework for application rationalization is primarily thought of as a cost-cutting methodology. Let’s explore, however, what happens when TIME highlights a need for investment?

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Gartner TIME methodology for app rationalization: Tolerate

April 6, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

The Gartner TIME methodology is the best-practice methodology for enterprise architects carrying out an application rationalization initiative. Let’s explore the first stage in this four-part process: Tolerate.

Categories Application Rationalization Tags #eavoices

Application Rationalization Key To 2023 IT Cost Optimization

March 30, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

The LeanIX application rationalization cost optimization survey is live. Let’s explore the results and see what IT teams are spending their money on in 2023.

Categories application portfolio management, Application Rationalization, Enterprise Architecture Tags #eavoices

Application Rationalization: Beware ‘Irrational’ Portfolios

March 28, 2023 by Neil Sheppard

Application rationalization is a cost-saving necessity in the current climate. What, however, does the process of “rationalization” actually look like?

Categories application portfolio management, Application Rationalization Tags #eavoices

Application rationalization: why is it valuable?

January 30, 2023 by Chandra Knabel

Application rationalization is a little like clearing out your wardrobe so you have space to store your clothes. Chandra Knabel, enterprise architect at SAP, explains how you can “Marie Kondo” your IT infrastructure.

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