The “Application Portfolio Management Process” category is a comprehensive collection of resources, articles, and best practices dedicated to the various processes involved in Application Portfolio Management (APM). This section of our CIO Reference Library offers valuable guidance for CIOs, IT executives, and other decision-makers looking to establish and optimize APM processes within their organizations, ensuring alignment with business objectives, efficient resource allocation, and ongoing value creation.
Effective APM processes are vital for organizations seeking to maintain control over their application environment, optimize investments, and support digital transformation. A well-defined set of APM processes helps IT leaders manage the entire application lifecycle, from planning and development to maintenance and decommissioning, while facilitating informed decision-making.
Key topics within the Application Portfolio Management Process category include:
APM Process Best Practices: Discover essential best practices for designing, implementing, and optimizing APM processes within your organization.
Application Assessment and Rationalization Processes: Learn how to establish a systematic process for evaluating and rationalizing your application portfolio and identifying opportunities for consolidation, modernization, or retirement.
Application Lifecycle Management Processes: Explore the various processes involved in managing the entire application lifecycle within the context of your APM strategy, including planning, development, maintenance, and decommissioning.
APM Governance Processes: Delve into the critical elements of effective APM governance processes, such as decision-making, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and performance measurement.
Continuous Improvement and Process Optimization: Understand the importance of constant improvement in APM processes and learn strategies for identifying areas of inefficiency and optimizing process performance.
Integrating APM Processes with IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture: Examine the interdependencies between APM processes, IT governance structures, and enterprise architecture practices, and learn how to effectively align these elements for a holistic approach to IT strategy.
The Application Portfolio Management Process category offers valuable insights and practical guidance for IT leaders seeking to establish and optimize APM processes within their organizations. By leveraging the knowledge and best practices shared within this category, professionals can create a well-defined set of APM processes that drive strategic decision-making, ensure the effective allocation of resources, and maximize the value of their application portfolio.
A quick read case study on application portfolio rationalization at a large company. This summary describes the objectives, benefits, business case, approach, framework, key deliverables, milestones and lessons learned implementing application portfolio rationalization.
This paper explains the key concepts, approach, framework and process to user application portfolio management techniques to manage legacy applications.
This paper presents a structured approach and framework for application portfolio rationalization. The purpose of effective application portfolio management (APM) is to make key decisions about enterprise applications – this framework assists in making these decisions in a structured, consistent and transparent manner. Very good read!
This article demonstrates the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for Application Portfolio Rationalization (APR).
This whitepaper discusses a framework for application portfolio rationalization and a process to integrate application portfolio governance with the overall IT governance in the enterprise. Good Read!
This white paper describes a proven process for application process management (APM).
This guide to application portfolio management (APM) defines application portfolio management, discusses its benefits, describes a best practices based implementation approach and process, makes the critical connection between application portfolio rationalization and information technology governance, and pitches a software tool for APM.
This presentation defines portfolio management, and discusses the three types of portfolios and their management
This presentation provides principles for organizing an application portfolio around a set of managed business capabilities.
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