Benchmarking for Applications Leaders:
Benchmarking data from nearly 600 organizations provides insight into how applications leaders can improve the maturity of their functions.
Track metrics on the success of applications strategy execution to guide future adjustments.
What Mature Organizations Do Differently
To build functional maturity, applications leaders should
prioritize high-importance, low-maturity activities.
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High
Importance
Low
Importance
High
Maturity
Low
Maturity
Sustain
Reallocate
Effort
Maintain
Conduct Functional Strategic Planning
Develop and Manage Talent
Plan Workforce Strategy
Define and Evolve
Integration Strategy
Manage API Strategy
To build maturity in these high-priority activities, applications leaders should adopt the following practices that distinguish the most mature organizations from the rest.
2
adopt the
following practices
DRAFT
Prioritize
Define applications’ role in advancing business-led technology delivery (e.g.,
citizen development).
Forecast future role and skill needs to guide development plans for applications staff.
Define career paths that span role families and encourage lateral and cross-functional moves.
Use scenario planning and labor supply analysis to determine applications workforce strategies.
Use formal criteria to decide how talent needs are best addressed.
Promote self-fulfillment integration to applications delivery teams through education and training.
Empower business users to perform integration work through a self-service technology platform.
Establish an API marketplace strategy.
Create an enterprisewide product team to manage the API portfolio.
Percentage of Organizations That Have Adopted Each Practice
All Other Organizations
3
Most Mature Organizations
3
0%
70%
10%
57%
11%
60%
5%
46%
17%
59%
5%
49%
15%
65%
5%
43%
5%
37%
2%
29%
4%
39%
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Conduct Functional Strategic Planning
Develop and Manage Talent
Plan Workforce Strategy
Define and Evolve Integration Strategy
Manage API Strategy
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