Classify applications into Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, or Eliminate quadrants so the portfolio investment strategy is visible at a glance.
Phase C, Information Systems ArchitectureDerived from TOGAF
Application portfolio strategy on the Gartner TIME quadrant
Each application is placed by business value against technical quality and fit, sorting the estate into the TIME quadrants: invest in strong high-value systems, migrate valuable systems on weak technology, tolerate sound but low-value systems, and eliminate the rest.
The top right holds strategic assets to extend and the bottom left the decommission queue. The top left is high-value systems on weak technology to migrate; the bottom right, sound but low-value systems to tolerate. The same axes drive every placement.
Up to twelve applications; names of 28 characters fit the board. Scores above five count as high.
