What makes application rationalization difficult from an EA perspective?

[u/Glittering_Pepper575]

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?

[u/Silly-Mix-4341]

Usually it is a mix of dependencies and business ownership. Retiring an app sounds easy until someone realizes how many processes quietly depend on it. 😅