Rapid Assessment for Total AD Performance The Rapid Assessment for Total AD Performance provides a combined quantitative and qualitative assessment of applications development and support activities. The analysis includes a comprehensive review of practices against the industry-standard Capability Maturity Model for SoftwareŽ to assist managers in analyzing business needs and computing ROI for process and technical improvements in AD capability and technology. The average enterprise devotes approximately one half of its IT budget to developing new applications and supporting its existing applications portfolio. Increasingly, the success of the business is absolutely dependent on the success of applications. In today's highly competitive marketplace, investments in applications development (AD) capabilities must be justified by formal return-on-investment analysis. Key issues include: How can I understand and reduce my costs for AD and support, and how do those costs compare to those of my peers? At what level is the capability of my AD organization from a formal software process perspective? What is my return on investment (ROI) of my software process improvement work? Are my applications meeting the needs of the business? With the Rapid Assessment for Total AD Performance, Gartner Measurement analysts perform in-depth analyses of cost, quality, and management and technical practices in the context of your unique business needs. A weighted evaluation of the risk, complexity and service features of your applications, offset by the cost to deliver, generates a performance/service rating that can be translated across applications and that can demonstrate discrete ROI for investments into AD organizations. figure 7 Contact Information: For more information about Gartner Measurement services please e-mail measurement.info@gartner.com