Application Portfolio Analysis

IT portfolio of an organization typically consists of assets such as applications or infrastructure (servers/platforms, network, tools, etc), skills, resources, projects, stakeholders and relationships. The services and capabilities, provided though these assets provide competitive advantage to the business.

Application Portfolio Analysis (APA) is a structured approach for analysis and assessment of the IT portfolio. "As Is" state of IT portfolio is analyzed / assessed and opportunities for improvement are identified which helps in maximizing the ROI. It also helps in focusing on the business value, resource constraints, risks, goals and the associated tradeoffs.

Customer Challenges

• Lack of alignment of IT with business goals that leads to heterogeneous IT systems
• Resources and money spent on IT for short term benefits
• Reducing cost for better service and profitability
• Managing increased regulations and risks

Our Offerings

Our Application Portfolio Analysis (APA) is a structured approach with defined phases:

• Portfolio Scoping: Understanding the ‘As Is’ state of the portfolio and defining the future direction for the point of arrival ‘POA’ state which is in alignment with business needs.
• Portfolio Analysis: During this phase, transition to ‘POA’ state from ‘As Is’ state is defined and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is established.
• Portfolio Governance: Score card and metrics are defined to monitor the performance of the portfolio.

Business Value

• IT enabled achievement of strategic objectives
• Improvements in cost and energy efficiency
• Use of Best practices
• Increased productivity
• Reduced Time to Market