Application Portfolio Management (APM & Gartner TIME)

EasyEA’s Application Portfolio Management (APM) module connects architectural modeling with corporate financial planning, rationalizing software licenses and mitigating technological debt.

1. Automated Gartner TIME Matrix

EasyEA computes the Gartner TIME Matrix in real time by intersecting two core metrics evaluated for each application component:

Business Fit (Y-Axis): Strategic alignment, business process satisfaction, agility, and market differentiation capability.
Technical Fit (X-Axis): Architecture modernity, security compliance, scalability, maintainability, and absence of deprecated stacks.

quadrantChart
    title Gartner TIME Matrix in EasyEA
    x-axis Low Technical Fit --> High Technical Fit
    y-axis Low Business Fit --> High Business Fit
    quadrant-1 INVEST
    quadrant-2 MIGRATE
    quadrant-3 ELIMINATE
    quadrant-4 TOLERATE
    "Core ERP": [0.35, 0.85]
    "Digital Portal": [0.82, 0.90]
    "Legacy Billing": [0.20, 0.30]
    "Archive DB": [0.75, 0.25]

The 4 Strategy Quadrants

Quadrant	Position	Meaning & Strategic Action
INVEST	High Business Fit, High Technical Fit	High-value, modern systems. Continue allocating expansion budgets, cloud scaling, and innovation initiatives.
MIGRATE	High Business Fit, Low Technical Fit	Mission-critical systems carrying legacy tech debt. Plan cloud refactoring, re-platforming, or SaaS migration.
TOLERATE	Low Business Fit, High Technical Fit	Stable, low-cost utility systems. Keep operational with minimal maintenance spending; avoid custom enhancements.
ELIMINATE	Low Business Fit, Low Technical Fit	Redundant or obsolete assets. Decommission and consolidate into standard platforms to free up TCO budget.

2. Bubble Sizing & Annual TCO Analytics

Within the interactive TIME canvas:

Each application bubble diameter reflects its Cumulative Annual TCO (software licenses, cloud compute, third-party maintenance SLAs, and internal support).
Clicking any bubble reveals the 360° APM Detail Panel:
- Financial breakdown (Cost Center, CapEx/OpEx, primary software vendor).
- Service levels (Guaranteed SLA, support window, target RTO/RPO).
- Vendor End-of-Support / End-of-Life deadlines.
- Linked upstream business processes and downstream hosting nodes.

3. Dynamic Multi-Dimensional Filtering

Isolate critical portfolio segments in seconds:

By Hosting: Filter On-Premise workloads to identify migration candidates to AWS, Azure, or GCP.
By Criticality Tier: Audit Mission Critical applications to ensure none sit in the Eliminate or Migrate quadrants without an active roadmap.
By Business Unit / Cost Center: Slice portfolio spend per departmental budget owner.