Application Portfolio Management Plus APM+

Athora decreased IT costs by 24%

"With Bizzdesign the sky is the limit. We can use the information in the repository to generate all kinds of dashboards with high business interest, such as application rationalization roadmaps and TIME analysis."

Jan van Gijsen, IT Architect, Athora Netherlands

Integrate future state design and roadmapping with current state portfolio management

Support application management

Integration and decentralize maintenance

Import data to Microsoft® Excel or use the modern Bizzdesign Horizzon OpenAPI
Bizzdesign Horizzon API collects data from third-party systems like ServiceNow CMDB
Periodical surveys to application owners and experts to add to or update assessments
Enterprise architecture teams use fact-driven data to drive change efficiently

Actionable guidance

Predefined dashboards and lean templates

Predefined dashboards enable transparency, impact analysis, and support transformation planning
Out-of-the box dashboards support decision-making and identify candidates for change
Lean architecture design templates use ArchiMate to connect portfolio analysis with change designs demonstrating full traceability from strategy to implementation

Slice and dice the application portfolio

Insight and decision support

Dashboards provide options for self-exploration, analysis, and drill-down
Interactively zoom in on particular aspects and areas
Add custom dashboards by reusing the APM+ visualizations or creating additional ones
Pre-configured ServiceNow CSDM-ArchiMate mapping gives full control over your data so that all stakeholders see the right information

Customers worldwide

400

+

Presence in countries

37

Years in market

23

Self-guided tour

"Having a clear vision of your current and future states is vital for Digital Transformation. With ServiceNow and Bizzdesign, you can model and define your desired future state, trigger actions, and track progress towards your goals."

Dave Armes, Area VP - Enterprise Architecture, EMEA, ServiceNow

Resources

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What does application portfolio management provide?

APM+ allows enterprise architects to connect data about the application landscape, and collaborate with subject matter experts on the assessment and future architecture design to support their management. CIOs and IT portfolio managers get a grip on the IT landscape through out-of-the-box dashboards and future state designs to make better investment decisions.

2. What are application portfolio management steps?

The phases of portfolio management include to capture and map IT assets, identify, assess, and analyze application change candidates and make decisions on application transformation including the future state architecture design for full traceability from strategy to implementation.

3. What does the application portfolio mean?

Application portfolio management is a continuous management process that assesses and evaluates portfolios against criteria important for the organization for decision making on how to transform the application landscape. It’s a repeatable way to guide transformation.

4. What can application portfolio management achieve in a company?

CIO and IT portfolio managers typically launch application rationalization, cost optimization, modernization and cloud transformation initiatives to:

– Unlock investments for business innovation

– Get the application portfolio under control to raise business value and reduce costs, risks, redundancy as well as complexity

– Provide a resilient and efficient IT foundation to enable faster time to value for new business applications and services

– Scale business digitization efforts and drive innovation

5. How can enterprise architecture play a crucial role in in application portfolio management?

Enterprise architects support CIOs and IT portfolio managers with application portfolio management with their unique way of providing holistic portfolio landscape maps and dashboards. This is done by connecting and enriching different data sources, and collaborating with various experts for full traceability from strategic goals to implementation drill-down.