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<div id="content"><p tabindex="0">The following videos explain how to apply each of the 7 steps during an Application Rationalization use case.</p><div class="kalturaVideoLessonWrapper"><div aria-label="Step 1: Understand your IT and business strategy" class="kalturaVideoLessonContainer" data-testid="video" id="1_o5ysfe6a"></div></div></div>

Step 1: Understand your IT and business strategy

Step 2: Scope applications

Step 3: Enrich data

Step 4: Evaluate data

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Step 4: Walkthrough

Step 5: Create roadmap

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Step 5: Walkthrough

Step 6: Start initiative

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Step 6: Walkthrough

Step 7: Track and report

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Learn how to execute application rationalization in LinearX by understanding your IT business strategy and establishing your playing field. Discover the key topics to focus on for a successful initiative.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

26. Step 1- Understand IT and Business Strategy.mp4

Let's demonstrate the use case at high level, providing a quick understanding of what application rationalization entails when executed in LinearX. Step one, understand your IT business strategy. Take the time to comprehensively understand your current IT and business landscape, where you aspire to be, and the path to reach your goals. If, for instance, the objective is to reduce IT costs by 10% over the next two years, it becomes paramount to clarify key questions in advance. What does we refer to? What does IT costs mean? What does, within the next two years, signify? Understanding your strategy and establishing your playing field are foundational prerequisites for launching a successful application rationalization initiative. To comprehend your company's strategy, focus on the following key topics. Review your IT and business strategy documents. Understand what success means for your organization. Define your major strategy cornerstones And identify relevant stakeholders

Learn how to assess and rationalize your application portfolio in this video. Discover the benefits of grouping applications by business capability domain and implementing essential data quality assessments.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

27. Step 2- Scope Applications.mp4

Your IT landscape probably contains a substantial number of applications. Hence, running an assessment of the rationalization and harmonization potential for your application portfolio can be a lengthy exercise. This is why Step 2, Scope Applications, is highly relevant. Process your applications in digestible groups to highlight the results and benefits early. For example, you could group your applications by business capability domain. For Linux best practice, consider implementing two assessments. First, essential data quality assessment. This provides a solid baseline for further scoping. And second, application rationalization assessment. This is the primary assessment where you identify applications for potential rationalization. For instance, it might not be meaningful to include an application in your assessment if it's slated for sunset in the coming months or if it falls outside your target domain. Strategic grouping and assessments set the stage for a more effective and targeted application rationalization process.

Learn how to enrich your data in NINA-X with relevant attributes for assessment. Discover the key attributes and the collaboration required for this time-consuming process.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

28. Step 3- Enrich Data.mp4

Now, let's move on to step three, enriching data. In this phase, closely examine your data repository and enrich the data in NINA-X with the relevant attributes for the assessment. The key attributes for this are functional fit, technical fit, and cost on the relation between applications and IT components. This data enrichment phase is likely to be the most time-consuming aspect of the process. It requires close collaboration with both business and technical experts. To streamline this effort, consider utilizing surveys to gather information in an automated manner. This approach ensures that you capture all the necessary details for the assessment efficiently.

Learn how to evaluate data and derive insights from the gathered data in this video. Discover the steps involved in assessing applications and determining the appropriate time classification for each application.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

29. Step 4- Evaluate Data.mp4

Now, moving on to step 4, evaluating data. In this phase, the manual assessment of applications takes place, guided by utilizing Gartner's time model, Tolerate, Invest, Migrate and Eliminate. Refer to the provided illustration to determine the appropriate time classification for each application, considering both functional and technical fit. For instance, if an application exhibits an inappropriate technical fit and an insufficient functional fit, becomes a prime candidate for elimination. Document this valuable insight by updating the time classification attribute within the portfolio strategy section of the application fact sheet. Now that you have completed the assessment for each application, it's time to derive insights from the gathered data. Begin by examining your assessed applications through an application landscape report. Apply relevant filters to refine the view, focusing solely on the applications within scope. Switch the view to time classification where the colors represent the chosen time classification from your decision workshops.

Learn how to plan your initial application rationalization initiatives based on data analysis results. Create a roadmap to define your transformation journey, prioritize low-hanging fruit applications, and assess dependencies. Follow the guided walkthrough for detailed instructions.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

30. Step 5- Create a Roadmap.mp4

After thoroughly evaluating your data, the next step is to plan your initial application rationalization initiatives based on the analysis results. This fifth step involves creating a roadmap which is crucial for defining your transformation journey. If decisions have already been made for some applications, aggregate this information to construct your roadmap. We recommend using WAVs for this roadmap, enabling you to prioritize low-hanging fruit applications, particularly those with low business criticality, such as administrative services. Waves not only allow you to focus on applications that offer quick wins, but also provide an opportunity to communicate early results to management and business stakeholders. This iterative approach allows for continuous learning and the incorporation of insights into later waves. Before finalizing your wave roadmap, assess if there are any dependencies that need to to be considered in both your analysis and subsequent roadmap decisions. For instance, before considering the elimination of an application, it's essential to validate if it has interfaces with other applications, understand the data exchange, and assess the impact on any business-critical processes. The Relations Explorer on the Application Fact Sheet serves as a valuable starting point for this exploration. Additionally, check for any planned or ongoing projects that might influence your analysis. Depending on the time classification, you may need to adjust their timelines, expedite them, postpone them, or even consider cancellation. Now that you have a clear understanding of your priorities and dependencies, you can initiate the construction of your roadmap. Visualizing roadmaps becomes straightforward using the initiative fact sheets and dedicated roadmap reports. Follow the guided walkthrough for detailed instructions on how to proceed.

Learn how to kick-start the migration process and involve all stakeholders in making effective decisions throughout the application rationalization strategy. Discover key questions to address and ensure comprehensive consideration.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

31. Step 6- Start the Initiative.mp4

Step 6 involves kick-starting the various initiatives emerging from your application rationalization strategy. Having established LinearX as the single source of truth for applications and cloud migration, take it a step further by instigating the actual migration. As we strongly advocate for a federated approach to enterprise architecture, we believe that the responsibility for documenting these changes should ultimately rest with the respective stakeholders, for example domain or solution architects, project managers and so on. While an enterprise architect can help initiating the process and providing guidance, the collaboration of all stakeholders is crucial. Bring together all stakeholders to examine the relevant fact sheets and address key questions like will the functional and technical fit improve? What will be the future hosting type? Will the lifecycle undergo changes? And which IT components will see modifications? This collaborative approach ensures comprehensive consideration and effective decision making throughout the migration process.

Learn how to track and report on your application rationalization initiative using Linux dashboards. Craft a compelling story for management and stakeholders. Utilize KPIs, charts, and reports to enhance clarity and foster transparency.<br><br># This description was auto-generated #

32. Step 7- Track and Report.mp4

This brings us to the final, yet pivotal step of this initiative. Step seven, tracking and reporting. It's time to craft a compelling story for management and all stakeholders invested in your application rationalization initiative. Utilize Linux dashboards as an excellent platform to shape this narrative. Combine various visualization elements to structure your storyline. For instance, first, create a new dashboard, either as a copy of your predefined application rationalization dashboard or start from scratch. Second, depending on the KPIs defined in step one, consider adding predefined or self-defined KPIs to your dashboard. Create them in the admin section, and then effortlessly drag and drop a KPI panel onto the dashboard. Third, create two fact sheet charts, one representing the functional and the other the technical fit of all assessed applications. Enhance clarity by using a pie chart to depict the distribution between these attributes. Fourth, add a report panel to your dashboard to foster transparency in all assessed applications. Leverage the application landscape, filter down to your scoped applications and set the view to time classification.

33. Application Rationalization Summary.mp4

In summary, Linux provides an efficient and effective way to do application rationalization by tailoring views of the inventory, crowdsourcing information, documenting relevant information, generating reports and dashboards, and making the whole process repeatable over time.