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How to Get Started With a Pace-Layered Application Strategy
28 March 2011
 
Jim Shepherd  

Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy can help organizations develop a more-effective application strategy. The first step is to identify the individual applications, and then assign them to the appropriate layer based on their characteristics.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • Introduction to Application Pace Layers
    • What Are the Steps to Build a Pace-Layered Application Strategy?
    • How to Deconstruct the Application Portfolio
    • Linking Applications to Business Processes
    • Analyze the Applications and Assign Them to Pace Layers
    • Systems of Record
    • Systems of Differentiation
    • Systems of Innovation
    • Applications Frequently Migrate Between Layers
    • New Applications Should Be Classified at the Point of Conception
    • Conclusion
  • Recommended Reading
Tables
Table 1.
Pace-Layered Application Strategy Characteristics Table
Table 2.
Systems of Record
Table 3.
Systems of Differentiation
Table 4.
Systems of Innovation
Figures
Figure 1.
Application Pace Layers




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