Module 5: Application Portfolio Management & Rationalization

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[Verse 1]
Scattered systems crowd your landscape, apps you've lost count of
Owners vanished, costs are hidden, maintenance wearing thin
Time to catalog the chaos, build your inventory up
Every license, every server, let the audit work begin

[Chorus]
TIME to make decisions, Tolerate or Invest
Migrate to the future, Eliminate the rest
Pace layering wisdom, systems fast and slow
Rationalize your portfolio, let the redundancy go

[Verse 2]
Legacy platforms drain your budget, modern ones scale clean
Total cost of ownership reveals what numbers really mean
Maintenance contracts, server farms, the hidden fees compound
When you calculate the real expense, the truth will astound

[Chorus]
TIME to make decisions, Tolerate or Invest
Migrate to the future, Eliminate the rest
Pace layering wisdom, systems fast and slow
Rationalize your portfolio, let the redundancy go

[Bridge]
Three apps doing payroll, five for inventory
Integration gaps are yawning, data tells a different story
LeanIX maps the madness, Ardoq shows the sprawl
Spreadsheets track the simple stuff, but enterprise needs it all

[Verse 3]
Business case for cutting loose the apps that hold you back
Consolidation saves you millions, gets your budget on track
Decommission dead-end software, streamline what remains
Architecture optimization, efficiency that sustains

[Chorus]
TIME to make decisions, Tolerate or Invest
Migrate to the future, Eliminate the rest
Pace layering wisdom, systems fast and slow
Rationalize your portfolio, let the redundancy go

[Outro]
From the chaos comes the clarity
Portfolio harmony

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