5 Actions for CIO and EA Leaders to Orchestrate Application Rationalisation

In these economically challenging times, application rationalisation initiatives have become essential for organisations to get right. Yet they rarely deliver the desired benefits. About 55% of architects report having made poor architectural decisions regarding legacy applications, infrastructure and data centre technology/modernisation. Applications are distributed across diverse platforms with more components and interconnections (56%, and product and service boundaries overlap, making decisions more difficult (47%). To achieve meaningful outcomes from rationalisation, leaders must go beyond seeking paper-based cost savings and work in partnership with the business to not only save money but also deliver lasting benefits to the organisation. Join this complimentary Gartner CIO and enterprise architecture webinar as Gartner experts provide guidance to IT leaders on how best to plan, execute and course-correct rationalisation initiatives, enabling you to deliver real benefits and go further than simply reducing licence numbers. You will walk away from this session with answers to your vital questions and recommended actions to help you achieve your goals.

• Understand the 5 key actions to take to successfully orchestrate application rationalisation 

• Discover the key roles, responsibilities and decision-making factors to identify and prioritise rationalisation opportunities

• Explore how to build rationalisation business cases and steer the execution of initiatives with commitment from both business and IT

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