Application Portfolio Management (APM)

You can't find the right way forward if you don't know where you are. Many of today's CIOs are in a similar situation. They lack detailed information about the activity in their IT departments, including how maintenance resources are spent, on which applications and for what reasons. Speedware's Application Portfolio Management (APM) solutions provide that detailed information, resulting in intelligent management of application assets across the whole enterprise.

Business Intelligence for Applications

Speedware APM solutions develop application metrics that are based on fact. These metrics drive decisions that will align application strategies to business strategies. In the same way that business intelligence tools revolutionized the marketplace by analyzing corporate data and giving executives the power to make strategic decisions based on fact, APM solutions provide tools that assess, monitor and control the quality of an application portfolio, allowing CIOs to make more informed IT decisions.

Up to 76% of a typical IT budget is spent on the maintenance of existing applications. By providing dashboard visibility into IT activity, APM solutions empower CIOs to allocate IT resources according to how much value an application brings to the business. Applications that are high in cost and complexity but low in value may be retired, leading to a reduction in application maintenance costs and the ability to redirect funds into new development projects.

Speedware Points You in the Right Direction

Speedware's APM solutions take the guesswork out of how to allocate IT resources, guiding your company towards more informed decision-making.

Speedware can implement an APM solution that best fits your specific needs and requirements. To ensure you get the most out of your APM software, we are pleased to offer a complete range of APM professional services, designed to customize a solution that fits your unique needs.

Speedware professional APM services include:

• Installation and configuration of APM software
• Simple customization of APM results including dashboards, reports, consolidation etc...
• Complex customization involving detailed analysis, linking APM software results to internal systems, project planning and management, etc...

APM Solution Benefits for the Entire Organization

Speedware's APM solutions are best suited for medium-large organizations with a large application portfolio. These companies will gain the most from the following benefits:

• Reduction in maintenance costs: With access to key application maintenance metrics, CIOs and IT executives can make informed decisions, align IT to business objectives and manage IT activity more efficiently. This leads to increased productivity and overall efficiency and a reduction in maintenance cost.



• Improved IT resource allocation: The ability to inventory, analyze, monitor and control the health of applications leads to improved allocation of IT resources. APM solutions help identify wasted maintenance efforts, allocate IT resources according to an application's business value and ensure that all IT activities are performed efficiently.



• Improved quality of application portfolio code: Highly complex programs are more difficult and costly to maintain. APM software can assess application quality by using a variety of proven methods such as programming complexity indices and language-specific programming health assessments. With this information companies can improve programming quality and maximize application maintenance efficiency.



• Increased programmer productivity and reduced risk: APM software increases productivity and manages risk by providing programmers valuable tools and information that allow them to assess and visualize application and program relationships and dependencies, evaluate and estimate the impact of a code change across the application portfolio and ensure the change is done in accordance with compliance, audit and governance regulations. APM impact analysis tools can result in up to 30% more productivity.



• Improved management of outsourcing: With APM software, companies who outsource application maintenance can leverage fact-based APM metrics and outsourcing data to assess, monitor and control their outsourced application maintenance costs. Furthermore, these companies can verify that maintenance efforts are done according to individual Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Application Portfolio Management Datasheet

Contact Speedware for more information on how our APM solutions can point you in the right direction.