The document discusses consolidating applications to create a library and increase awareness across applications. It outlines advantages like improved portfolio management and resource coordination. It then defines Application Portfolio Management (APM) and the metrics used to evaluate applications. APM involves categorizing applications based on factors like business importance and risk. It presents a TIME strategy for APM - whether to tolerate, integrate, migrate, or eliminate an application. Finally, it mentions using application scorecards to profile applications.

1. Application Consolidation Purposes To build a library of all applications To create cross application awareness To develop better tools for senior management To augment APM initiative Advantages: Business development in Application Portfolio Management arena Efficient portfolio management by using Application Score cards Assistance in technical and functional enhancement Reduction in inefficiency for resource transition and improved coordination among various applications

2. ITPM : APM (Application Portfolio Management) What is APM? Metrics-based framework to evaluate IT assets Non-discretionary costs Architectural alignment Business importance Operational performance Application and portfolio risk Functional redundancy APM

3. Application Categorization Utility Enhancement Frontier IT Cost Focus Business Payback Focus Major Advantage Focus High Contribution to Superior Corporate Performance or Business Objectives Foundation Infrastructure Payroll General Ledger Order Entry Customer Service E-Commerce Business Creation Low Supply Chain Management Customer Tracking Functional Enhancement User Empowerment Process Redesign Billing Utility Functions . . . . . . . .

4. APM : Process

5. Application Portfolio overview Risk Return

6. TIME strategy of APM T – Tolerate If application is aligned with company strategy and cost effective I - Integrate If application is redundant or overlaps with another application but also serves some other functions M – Migrate If the application platform or technology can not be extended or continued for long E – Eliminate If the application is totally redundant, not aligned with business goals, technology or platform is obsolete or its not at all cost effective

7. Application Score Card FORMAT PROFILING

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