02 — Capability · BC-170.30
Application & Technology Architecture
Know every application and platform the enterprise runs, what each is for, what it costs and where it is headed, so the estate shrinks where it should and grows only where it must.
- Application Portfolio Management
- APM
- Technology Standards
In scope
- Application inventory and lifecycle dispositions
- Technology standards and the approved product list
- Reference architectures and integration patterns
Out of scope
- Infrastructure operations (see BC-730)
- Software licensing contracts (see BC-640)
Realized by · 2
Used in · 1
Build it · 6
Decomposes into · 3
- BC-170.30.10Application Portfolio RationalizationAssess each Business Application for fit, cost, risk and overlap and assign it a disposition — invest, tolerate, migrate or eliminate — with a date.
- BC-170.30.20Technology Standards & LifecycleDecide which technologies are approved, emerging, contained or retired, and track end-of-support dates so nothing expires unnoticed.
- BC-170.30.30Reference ArchitecturePublish proven building blocks and integration patterns that delivery teams reuse instead of reinventing.