Key Takeaways
- Understand the challenge: Application sprawl leads to complexity, high costs, slower innovation, and increased risk—rationalization helps regain control.
- Focus on strategic alignment: Rationalization isn’t just about cutting costs; it’s about aligning IT with business needs, reducing risk, and enabling innovation.
- Follow a structured process:
- Strategy & awareness: Define goals, benefits, and stakeholders.
- Scoping & data enrichment: Gather functional, technical, and cost data.
- Evaluation: Use frameworks like Gartner’s TIME model to classify applications (Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate).
- Roadmap creation: Link decisions to initiatives and track progress with dashboards.
- Execution & transformation: Model changes in LeanIX and implement decisions.
- Tracking & reporting: Use KPIs to measure success and sustain buy-in.
- Leverage SAP LeanIX: Use it for transparency, structured decision-making, and tracking progress.
- Drive business impact: Rationalization frees resources for innovation and builds a future-ready IT landscape.