Large companies tend to look at software acquisition and licence assignment as a low-cost single entity activity.  They do not see the challenge that develops over time.

The application estate continues to grow and costs increase that IT do not associate with software.  A consequence of this is an increase in support overheads, which ultimately increases cost.

Application packaging for future hardware refresh projects also becomes a challenge.

The scope of an application board should cover the following,

• Application owner management.
• Creation & maintenance of a Definitive Application List (DAL).
• Approval of new applications onto the DAL.
• Management of licence deployment.
• Ensuring regulatory compliance is maintained.

• The value of a governance board for application deployment is not appreciated.
• The governance board are not empowered by the business.
• The scope of activities is not understood.
• Business buy in is not attained.
• Funding responsibility is not agreed.

• Application proliferation is out of control.
• Business units ignore the board and costs increase.
• Important activities are missed due to misunderstanding the scope.
• An underfunded board will fail to execute all responsibilities.

At TGG we utilize our experience to assist our clients in creating processes, principles and tools.  Establishing these will ensure the organisation does not revert to an uncontrolled state.

We aim to help you,

• Empower the Application Governance Board.
• Implement the policies and procedures required to support SAM.
• Implement a change management plan to communicate the changes to the business and end users.