This framework is developed by a team of former McKinsey and Big 4 consultants. The presentation follows the headline-body-bumper slide format used by global consulting firms.
This product (Gartner TIME Framework) is a 34-slide PPT PowerPoint presentation slide deck (PPTX), which you can download immediately upon purchase.
Application Portfolio Management (APM) is the disciplined inventory and assessment of every application, platform, capability, and service that supports organizational Strategy. APM establishes a single source of truth, assigns ownership, and ties each asset to cost, risk, and business outcomes.
APM helps leadership see where money goes and what returns they get. Technology leaders can compare the benefits of each asset with the full cost to run and enhance it. It helps expose duplication, technical debt, and value gaps, creating facts to make hard choices.
This PPT presentation provides a detailed overview of the Gartner TIME framework, a powerful tool for the CIOs to streamline and manage their organization's technology portfolio. TIME framework classifies technology applications and systems into 4 clear strategies after calculating their Business Value and Technical Fit for an organization:
1. Tolerate – High Technical Fit, Low Business Value. Minimize change and cost.
2. Invest – High Business Value, High Technical Fit. Fund growth and scale.
3. Migrate – High Business Value, Low Technical Fit. Move to a better platform or pattern.
4. Eliminate – Low Business Value, Low Technical Fit. Decommission.
Each of these strategies is discussed in depth. The TIME framework frees cash for high-impact technology investments tied to KPI-backed value and retires low-return applications.
Additional topics discussed in this presentation include Gartner TIME framework applications, use cases, TIME implementation process phases, and key steps.
This PowerPoint presentation on Gartner TIME framework also includes some slide templates for you to use in your own business presentations.
Source: Best Practices in IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture PowerPoint Slides: Gartner TIME Framework PowerPoint (PPTX) Presentation Slide Deck, LearnPPT Consulting
This PPT slide presents a structured approach to implementing the TIME framework by categorizing applications into 4 distinct actions: maintain, invest, migrate, or eliminate. It emphasizes the importance of a disciplined, repeatable process to evaluate each application’s role within the organization. The process is broken down into 6 phases, starting with identifying stakeholder requirements and assessing readiness, then conducting an environmental scan, measuring business value and technical fit, evaluating total cost of ownership, grading applications, and finally categorizing them to develop appropriate strategies.
The visual flow of the 6 phases underscores the iterative nature of the process, suggesting it should be repeated quarterly to keep decision-making current and aligned with organizational priorities. The slide hints that this cycle helps maintain a healthy application portfolio by continuously reassessing and adjusting application investments based on evolving business needs and technical considerations. It also implies that a structured, disciplined approach reduces risks associated with application sprawl or outdated systems.
The bottom section references the broader context of the Gartner TIME Framework, developed by McKinsey and Big 4 consultants, as a proven methodology for optimizing application portfolios. The mention of a full document link suggests this slide is part of a larger resource aimed at guiding executives through strategic application management. Overall, the slide offers a clear, process-driven method for managing application portfolios effectively, with a focus on disciplined evaluation and regular review to support strategic decision-making.
This PPT slide explains the Gartner TIME framework, a methodology used for planning and managing application portfolios. It assesses applications based on 2 dimensions: Business Value and Technical Fit. The framework scores each application on these axes, then plots them into one of 4 quadrants, which guide strategic decisions for portfolio management. These quadrants are labeled TOLERATE, INVEST, ELIMINATE, and MIGRATE, each representing a different approach to handling applications depending on their scores.
The left side of the slide details the criteria for each dimension. Business Value measures how well an application supports organizational priorities and outcomes, emphasizing its contribution to strategic goals. Technical Fit evaluates the application's health from an engineering perspective, including reliability, security, and maintainability. The right side of the slide shows a visual of the quadrant model, with numbered points explaining the characteristics and recommended actions for applications in each segment. For example, applications with high technical fit, but low business value should be decommissioned, while those with high scores in both areas warrant investment and expansion.
A key takeaway is that the TIME framework simplifies complex portfolio decisions by translating multidimensional data into clear, actionable categories. It helps organizations rationalize their application landscape, focusing resources on high-value, technically sound systems while retiring or migrating less effective ones. The slide emphasizes that this model is rooted in a structured, strategic approach developed by ex-McKinsey and Big 4 consultants, making it a practical tool for C-level decision-making. The framework’s clarity supports better prioritization, cost control, and alignment with long-term digital strategies.
The footer notes that this is part of a larger 34-slide presentation, with a link to the full document for deeper exploration. The branding indicates it is a Flevy resource, targeting senior executives seeking structured frameworks for application portfolio optimization.
This PPT slide discusses how the Invest strategy leverages the Gartner TIME Framework to scale value while maintaining security and reliability. It emphasizes that applications prioritized for investment are mission-critical, serving broad user bases and operating on architecture with proven reliability. Leaders are encouraged to focus on expanding impact, reducing delivery times, and broadening app coverage without increasing risk exposure. The overview highlights that these applications score highly on business value and technical fit, which makes them central to achieving organizational goals and justifying disciplined funding.
The details section specifies that these applications follow a clear set of criteria: they must align with strategic objectives, demonstrate verified performance baselines, and comply with SLA requirements over multiple quarters. This ensures investments are justified and sustainable. The decision rule provides a checklist for selecting applications, including linkage to strategic goals, SLA compliance, and security considerations. These criteria serve as guardrails to prevent risky or misaligned investments.
Key actions focus on operational improvements to support this approach. They include investing in features that improve KPIs, removing bottlenecks through design and process changes, and standardizing APIs for faster, more consistent releases. Automation is highlighted as a means to accelerate testing and deployment, while strengthening data governance ensures trustworthiness. Overall, the slide underscores a disciplined, strategic approach to application investment that balances value creation with security and operational stability, making it a practical guide for executives managing complex portfolios.
This PPT slide explains the purpose and process of an Application Portfolio Assessment (APM), emphasizing its role in managing IT applications that support business operations. It highlights that applications tend to drift over time, becoming outdated, duplicated, or hard to manage, which underscores the need for regular evaluation. The slide stresses that leadership must conduct consistent assessments to keep track of application value, technical fit, and relevance, ensuring resources are allocated effectively.
The core of the slide describes a four-step process for conducting a successful application portfolio review. The first step involves clearly defining objectives, including scope, outcomes, and criteria. The second step focuses on gathering data about the portfolio, creating a comprehensive inventory of applications with details like purpose, owners, and criticality. The third step scores applications based on specific criteria such as strategic impact, user coverage, and technical health. The final step involves making decisions—retaining, migrating, or retiring applications—based on the assessment results.
A key takeaway is that a disciplined approach to application assessment creates a reliable source of truth, which supports better decision-making. The process is designed to provide clarity on application value and technical fit, enabling leadership to make informed choices about application lifecycle management. The slide also references the Gartner TIME Framework, developed by ex-McKinsey and Big 4 consultants, as a structured method to optimize application management. Overall, the slide underscores the importance of systematic evaluation to maintain a lean, effective application landscape aligned with strategic goals.
This PPT slide details the final step in a structured application of the Gartner TIME Framework, specifically focusing on categorizing applications into a TIME quadrant and establishing next actions. It emphasizes assigning each application to a specific quadrant based on its score, with clear directives for each category. The categories include Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, and Eliminate, each with specific criteria and recommended actions. For example, apps with low business value, but high technical fit are to be tolerated, while high-value, high-technical-fit apps should receive funding for growth.
The slide also highlights the importance of estimating future costs and selecting appropriate hosting options aligned with organizational goals. It underscores the need for a comprehensive view of migration costs, including vendor management and modernization efforts. Building a clear migration and consolidation plan is a key step, supported by securing leadership sponsorship and funding. Communication to teams about the plan’s timing and impact is stressed, along with aligning vendor contracts with the target architecture and exit timelines.
Finally, the slide stresses the importance of training support teams and users to ensure stability during and after the transition. It notes that this phase is critical for locking in decisions and maintaining momentum. The overall message is that this step consolidates previous analysis into actionable decisions, enabling organizations to optimize their application portfolio efficiently. The emphasis on explicit decision-making and clear ownership aims to reduce ambiguity and accelerate execution, ensuring that the application landscape aligns with strategic priorities.
The slide is part of a larger presentation on the Gartner TIME Framework, designed to guide organizations through application rationalization and modernization. It offers a practical, step-by-step approach for C-level executives to oversee and direct complex migration projects with confidence.
This framework is developed by a team of former McKinsey and Big 4 consultants. The presentation follows the headline-body-bumper slide format used by global consulting firms.
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