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Application Portfolio Management
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Six Questions for Every Technology Request
Ask every “can we buy X?” request the same six questions. One primary technical class exposes overlap, and the answers go back on the request.APM · Technology Acquisition - 3 min
Why You Can't Answer "What Does This App Cost?"
Cost lands on contracts, assets and cost centers, not the application. Three relationship paths carry it there; keep estimates and actuals separate.APM · TCO - 2 min
A Cancelled Contract Is Usually a Renamed One
A contract missing from this month's export was usually renumbered, not cancelled. Trace its successor before you report an exit.APM · Contracts - 3 min
A Disposition Is a Decision, Not a Field
A TIME disposition is a decision only with evidence, a ratification and a review date. Zero incidents is not dormancy, and AI proposals stay proposals.APM · TIME - 3 min
Software Product or Business Application?
A six-question rule decides whether a technology request becomes a Software Product record, a Business Application or neither.APM · CMDB - 3 min
Certify Before You Rationalize
Rationalization is only as good as the records under it. Have owners certify the fields a disposition depends on before anyone decides keep or kill.APM · Governance - 3 min
Using the Microsoft MAP Toolkit for Estate Discovery
The MAP Toolkit inventories an estate for migration planning. Run it end to end for discovery, then hand off to Azure Migrate where MAP stops.Inventory · Microsoft