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<div id="content"><p tabindex="0">Learn about what the IT component fact sheet type represents, its characteristics, and how it relates to the overall LeanIX tool.</p><div class="kalturaVideoLessonWrapper"><div aria-label="IT component" class="kalturaVideoLessonContainer" data-testid="video" id="1_1wcxmr44"></div></div></div>

Learning to Use the LeanIX Tool for Successful Enterprise Architecture

Learn about IT components in Lean IX and how they support applications. Discover the benefits of documenting IT components, classifying them into subtypes, and utilizing them for compliance, cloud migration, and technology management. Streamline processes with the SAS catalog.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

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In Lean IX, the IT components represent the technology, software, hardware, or services and organizations applications depend on, providing information on both development and operations. IT components do not directly support the business. IT components support the applications utilized by the business. They serve as building blocks of applications. IT components are provided by various providers and categorized into tech categories for standardization purposes. Documenting IT components in Lean IX offers insights into obsolescence risk management, operating costs, and mitigating risk related to providers, locations, or outage management. It's relevant for compliance related scenarios to track technology providers and hosting locations. Linux classifies IT components into six subtypes. First, hardware that represents the physical component of a computer system. The second, IaaS, that is infrastructure as a service, refers to virtualized computing resources provided over the internet. The third, PaaS, that is platform as a service, represents cloud platforms for developers. The fourth, SaaS, refers to software applications accessed over the internet. The fifth, service, that represents provisioning of services related to IT components, usually provided by a third party, such as maintenance and support services. And sixth and the last one, software, that refers to commercial or open source software products that applications rely on, like operating systems or programming languages. IT components serve multiple purposes within LeanIX. They allow you to manage providers or hosting locations of applications, ensuring clarity on who provides your technology and where it's hosted. You can utilize IT components to gather information for specific use cases, such as cloud migration assessments. This helps in understanding the readiness of your IT landscape for cloud adoption. Additionally, IT components assist in managing the technology used in self-built applications. This ensures you keep track of the underlying technology supporting your custom build solutions. Finally, leverage the SAS catalog to streamline processes. By using the SAS catalog, you can automatically create IT component and provider fact sheets, saving time, and ensuring consistency across your documentation. During modeling, avoid overly granular level of IT components, such as versions or patch levels of software. You must also distinguish between SAS as a fact sheet subtype under the IT component and SAS as an application. The IT component fact sheet describes the hosting aspect, while SAS applications are modeled separately. Import only necessary technologies before linking them to applications to avoid clutter. having the IT component and provider fact sheet documented enables you to do provider cost breakdowns and provides an overview of IT components and applications used by user groups and their global locations. Using the roadmap report also gives detailed insights into applications potentially facing lifecycle issues due to their IT components. By analyzing this report, you can swiftly strategize mitigation plans for applications if their supporting IT components become unavailable.