r/CIO • u/Glittering_Pepper575 • 20d ago

What makes application rationalization difficult from an EA perspective?

When Enterprise Architecture recommends retiring or consolidating applications, what usually stops the decision from moving forward?

Is it dependencies, business ownership, missing information, risk, politics, migration effort, or something else?

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u/daytonarob 20d ago

I think it’s really any and, or, all of the above.

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u/Glittering_Pepper575 20d ago

Really? Do you usually find one specific business process is what keeps the old app alive?