the fundamentals behind palm 360
Application Rationalization
Know what you actually run — then stop paying for what earns nothing.
The question
Most estates cannot answer "what do we run, and why?" Inventories are spreadsheets from years ago; ownership is folklore. Rationalization starts with a read-only, sovereign scan that maps every application without touching production.
The scoring
Each application is scored on three axes: business value (what it earns), risk (what breaks if it fails), and effort (what change costs). The scores separate the critical from the redundant — with evidence attached to every call.
The outcome
A sequenced program a board can sign: modernize what matters, retire what does not, and hand the priorities downstream to mapping, extraction, and rebuild. Strategy debates move from opinion to evidence.
read-only sweep · production untouched · value / risk / effort scored