Overview
High-performance businesses proactively manage their application portfolios, thus increasing business effectiveness and reducing costs. Accenture's High Performance Business research further shows that application costs continue to creep upwards, thus absorbing large proportions of scarce information technology budgets into maintenance and support activities. This "austerity trap" limits the budget available to invest in IT that would add value to the business. Service-oriented architecture is under consideration by chief information officers and enterprise architects as one of the ways out of this trap. However, effective planning for service-oriented architecture implementation means that reusable services must first be identified, which in turn means gaining a thorough understanding of the capabilities of the existing applications. Thus, application portfolio optimization is a necessary prerequisite to service-oriented architecture planning, because it helps organizations understand the current application landscape and any dysfunctions it may contain. Find out how the Accenture Application Optimization Portfolio Solution can help you overcome the challenges of your legacy application environment and plan effectively for service-oriented architecture. [PDF, 103KB]
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The Accenture Application Optimization Portfolio Solution helps increase the business value and reduce the costs of each application. Accenture's two-phase approach goes beyond portfolio evaluation, recognizing that high performance is dependent on a well run process that establishes a rigorous governance and portfolio management discipline. The two phases are: Portfolio strategy: Steps include analysis of current situation, development of recommendations and development of business case and road map. Portfolio evolution and management: Both steps occur in parallel. Accenture has more than 5,500 technology architects worldwide, including enterprise architects and specialists in information architecture, custom/packaged application architecture, service-oriented architecture and infrastructure. In addition, 15,000 industry and business experts are available to help ensure that both technology and business challenges can be met. |