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Burton Group Take 5! IT Applications – Less is More

Burton Group Take 5! IT Applications – Less is More. Lyn Robison Application Platform Strategies, Analyst. September 25, 2006. Burton Group Take 5: Less is More. How big is your IT legacy boat anchor?. 8,000 applications?. 2,000 applications?. 135 applications?.

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Burton Group Take 5! IT Applications – Less is More

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  1. Burton Group Take 5!IT Applications – Less is More Lyn Robison Application Platform Strategies, Analyst September 25, 2006

  2. Burton Group Take 5: Less is More How big is your IT legacy boat anchor? 8,000 applications? 2,000 applications? 135 applications?

  3. Burton Group Take 5: Less is More • Most companies have a bloated portfolio of IT applications • Add new applications frequently • Retire old applications rarely • Ever-growing portfolio of applications

  4. Burton Group Take 5: Less is More Software Maintenance Costs become Titanic Source: Jean-Marie Favre. “Software Maintenance.” Imag.fr. 2 Feb 2005. http://www-adele.imag.fr/users/Jean-Marie.Favre/ENSEIGNEMENT/TRANSPARENTS/SoftwareMaintenance/7/SoftwareMaintenance-7.pdf

  5. New App 6 New App 4 New App 5 New App 2 New App 3 3 + 4 O&M New App 1 1 + 2 O&M 1 & 2 O&M O&M O&M O&M O&M O&M Burton Group Take 5: Less is More If you do not retire your old applications, operations & maintenance costs will fill the entire IT budget $ 100% 80% 60% IT Budget 40% 20% 2007 2008 2009 Year

  6. Burton Group Take 5: Less is More A bloated application portfolio stifles progress in IT • Can’t add new IT applications to support business needs • IT initiatives such as SOA, IdM, and MDM are nonstarters

  7. To optimize a bloated portfolio: • Reduce the number of applications in your portfolio • Ensure the applications you keep are the right ones • Know what data and functionality they each provide • Ensure that application decisions are made jointly between business and IT • Build an effective roadmap and project pipeline • See Burton Group’s Application Platform Strategies overview, “Application Rationalization: Burning Fat and Building Muscle,” for references and more information.

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