Chief Architect

Manage applications and portfolios

planningIT helps Chief Architects translate IT strategy into IT transformation by providing insight into the current state architecture and the architectural impact of proposed changes. It provides the means to develop future-state architecture and the plans for getting there including definition and enforcement of architectural standards.

The Chief Architect uses planningIT to proactively manage application and technology portfolios to ensure that IT is agile, cost-effective and risk-free.

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Overview Architecture Diagram

The architecture diagram in the PlanningIT application provides a landscape overview of a selected business area (here Customer Relationship Management). The diagram is created from real underlying data. Filters at the top enable users to look at the current landscape, the past landscape and the future landscape. Colors indicate critical information and the health of each application can be included in the diagram. Information Flows between the applications are also depicted!

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Application Usage Diagram

The application usage view shows all business processes as well as all organizations that are currently being supported by the application. Should an architect ever wonder what the impact of replacing a specific application is, the diagram below would tell the user what processes and what organizations will be impacted.

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Application Life Cycles

Life Cycles in PlanningIT play a crucial role in providing forward looking information to the user. Applications, Components, Information Flows and many other objects have all life cycles associated with them. This enables users to see and find quickly applications that will retire soon, interfaces that will be changed in the next 3 months and also enables users to understand the impact of changes to the support structure of an application or component.

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