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Applications & Business Systems

Do fragmented applications force duplicate work?

The systems that run processes. Age is not a reason to replace.

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Application estate

What exists and how it is managed.

Do you have a clear picture of the applications that run the business?

Do legacy processes or fragmented applications make change harder than it should be?

Does a custom system help uniquely, or lock the business in?

Which important processes already run in SaaS tools?

Do several tools do almost the same job?

Are teams building unofficial apps in spreadsheets because official change is too slow?

Does an older system block a change the business actually needs?

Who is accountable for each important application?

ERP, finance, HR, projects and buying.

Are core operational records spread across disconnected systems?

Is finance still reconciling numbers from spreadsheets and other systems?

Are people records still spread across files and inboxes?

Is payroll a fragile, person-dependent process?

Do purchases wait in inboxes for approval?

Is project status only known if you ask the project manager?

Workflow and integration.

Does work stall waiting for the next person or missing information?

Is the same information typed into more than one system?

Can the current systems exchange data, or is that still unknown?

Are there many point-to-point connections that are hard to maintain?

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