Application Portfolio Management: A Rationalization Playbook

A practical application portfolio rationalization framework for turning inventory data into defensible retain, invest, migrate, replace, or retire decisions.

In this analysis

• What APM actually is
• The two axes that decide everything
• The playbook, step by step
• Where the capability map earns its keep
• What this demands of the tool
• The bottom line

Find platforms for application rationalization

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Application Portfolio Management: A Rationalization Playbook — Vantograph