1. Application Roadmap September 2011
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2. Introduction Key Insights Survey Question Graphs
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3. Survey Question Graphs Respondent Demographics Key Insights
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4. Put the most amount of your effort into gap analysis
Each effort component was significantly correlated with the impact of the application roadmap
The effort component that had the largest impact was developing a gap analysis related to your current applications
To have the largest impact with your application roadmap you should put the most effort into developing a gap analysis, however, you should also consider putting effort into the other components as well because they are all important factors
Gap analysis
35%
Business strategies
26%
End user feedback
12%
Information from vendors 8%
Inventory of applications 7%
Feedback from business units 6%
Feedback from IT managers 6%
Relative importance* with the Overall Application Roadmap Impact
Source: Info-Tech Research Group, n = 61
*Each bar represents a statistical estimate of the impact each activity has on the overall application roadmap impact relative to each other activity being included in the model. The values for the activities may not add to 100% due to rounding.
The impact of the application roadmap score was calculated by taking the average of the following questions:
Having a roadmap…: Has had a positive impact on my ability to respond to the business needs.
Having a roadmap…: Has increased my ability to retain staff.
Having a roadmap…: Has a positive impact in how I deal with the executive team.
Having a roadmap…: Has had a positive impact on my ability to manage my budget.
Having a roadmap…: Has had a positive impact on my ability to plan changes/get projects done on time.
Having a roadmap…: Had a positive impact on my ability to meet objectives.
Having a roadmap…: Has increased the stability of our applications.
Having a roadmap…: Was worth the effort I put into developing the roadmap.
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5. The most important people to get involved with the application roadmap are the software developers and end-users
To have greater success with your application roadmap success you should include two important contributors
The most important contributor to application roadmap success are software developers. The second most important contributors to have involved with you application roadmap are the end-users
The other contributors were not as important to application roadmap success, however, should still be included in the development where necessary
The application roadmap success was calculated by taking the average of the following questions measured on a 6-point strongly disagree to strongly agree scale:
We are very happy with the responsiveness of our applications
We have very few patch compliance issues
We are very happy with the level of quality directly related to our applications
We are very happy with the cost and value we get from our applications
We rarely hear end user complaints about current applications
We have clearly aligned the cost of our applications with business needs.
Most risks associated with legacy applications are solved
Most top talent is retained within the applications department
37%
Application Roadmap Success
Relative Importance to
19%
16%
15% 8% 3% 2% 0%
Software DevelopersSoftware Developers
End-usersEnd-users
CFO
CIO
CEO
Vendors
Managers of IT outside of ApplicationsManagers of IT outside of ApplicationsManagers of IT outside of Applications
Other C-level officersOther C-level officersOther C-level officers
Contributor
Source: Info-Tech Research Group, n = 127
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6. Survey Question Graphs Respondent Demographics Key Insights
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13. Survey Question Graphs Respondent Demographics Key Insights
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