Portfolio Rationalization: The New Hub of Application Outsourcing Services: Industry

Portfolio Rationalization: The New Hub of Application Outsourcing Services

Published Date: April 2005

Published By: IDC

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IDC Opinion
In This Study
Situation Overview
Why Rationalization Services Are Critical to the Application Outsourcing Industry
Figure: Proportion of IT Spending on New Versus Current Initiatives
The Next Evolution of the Application Outsourcing Market
Rationalization Bridging the Gap Between the Old and the New
Figure: The Rationalization Life Cycle
The Software Option
Vendor Differentiation, or Lack Thereof?
Figure: CSC's Application Performance Effectiveness Review Portfolio Assessment Model
Table: CSC APER Customer Examples
Future Outlook
Rationalization as Means for Transformation
Rationalization Without Major Transformation
Rationalization of Technology Architecture
Rationalization with Process Alignment
Figure: Need for Applications to Better Fit Business Processes Rather than Adapt Processes to the Applications
The ROI from Rationalization-Led Transformation
Figure: Degree Application Portfolio Transformation Impacts Potential ROI
Is Rationalization an Application Outsourcing Services Killer?
Transformation as Savior for Postrationalization Outsourcing
Essential Guidance
Increasing Wallet Share: Rationalization as Services Driver
Figure: Rationalization as a Driver for Application and IS Outsourcing
Vendor Action Items
The Offshore Opportunity
Hosting: Taking Rationalization to the Next Level
Transforming to Service Oriented Architecture
Triggers for Rationalization Services
Event Scenarios
Customer Scenarios
Figure: Application Outsourcing as Trigger for Rationalization
Figure: IS Outsourcing as Rationalization Trigger
Figure: Need for Better Visibility into Connection Between Business Applications and Underlying IT Infrastructure Costs
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Application Portfolio Rationalization Services Definition
Consulting Phase
Execution Phase
Outsourcing Phase
Ongoing Portfolio Management
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