Key Takeaways
- Apply the Gartner TIME framework in SAP LeanIX to classify applications:
- Tolerate: Keep as-is if adequate and cost-effective.
- Invest: Upgrade or expand high-value, technically strong systems.
- Migrate: Move valuable but outdated systems to cloud/SaaS.
- Eliminate: Retire low-value, high-cost, or redundant applications.
- Automate classification using functional and technical fit values in LeanIX to save time and ensure consistency.
- Identify high-impact savings opportunities by targeting large, low-value applications in the Eliminate category.
- Turn analysis into action by presenting data-driven business cases to stakeholders, e.g., retiring costly applications to meet savings targets.
- Drive strategic decisions with evidence-based insights, moving beyond spreadsheets to actionable portfolio rationalization.