Scoring framework
Score apps on business value, technical health, cost, and risk using shared definitions.
Assessment Checklist
Application Rationalization Checklist
A practical scorecard for evaluating each application by business value, cost, and risk, so leaders can compare like with like and decide with confidence.
Overview
Score every application on the same axes.
Rationalization breaks down when each team grades its own apps with different criteria. This checklist gives you a shared, lightweight scorecard, so apps across business units can be compared on business value, cost, and risk in a way leadership and engineering both trust.
What's inside
Built for real engagements, not a slide rubric.
Decision categories
Map every app to keep, consolidate, modernize, or retire with clear criteria.
Owner & dependency prompts
Surface owners, integrations, and data flows that make or break consolidation calls.
Roadmap inputs
Outputs structured to feed directly into a sequenced rationalization roadmap.
How to use it
From spreadsheet to defensible decisions.
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Pilot
Score 5–10 representative apps to calibrate the rubric to your environment.
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Scale
Roll out to portfolio owners with a short working session per group.
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Compare
Visualize the scores side-by-side, heat-map by domain, owner, or risk.
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Decide
Workshop keep / consolidate / modernize / retire calls with a shared evidence base.
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