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FRAMEWORK FOR TECHNICAL DEBT REDUCTION

Digital Transformation
 introduction 3
what are the benefits? 4
getting started 5

Table of the framework

• Identify and Assess
6

contents
• Pay and Reduce 8
• Prevent 9

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 10

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table of contents
 Modernize Your Infrastructure Today more than ever, failing to address technical debt puts your

the Intel IT Way

business at a disadvantage. Makeshift solutions stacked atop legacy
systems decrease efficiency and increase run costs, exposing you to
cyber attacks and limiting your ability to innovate. In this fast-paced
digital era, only the proactive and vigilant will remain relevant.

Using the Intel IT Enterprise Technical Debt Framework, Intel IT

10% Investment
30% has methodically modernized its enterprise architecture, freeing
up resources for investment and enabling more industry-leading
innovation. That same framework is now available to you.

Run Run
The Intel IT framework is your blueprint for strategically designing
90% 70% and deploying a modern, cloud-ready infrastructure. It’s your
comprehensive guide to managing technical debt and ushering in a
2016 vs. 2019 new era of digital transformation.
Introduction

*Intel’s run/investment ratio of IT budget as of 2018

 What Are the Benefits of
Reduced Technical Debt?
By taking a strategic approach to reducing technical debt,
you can improve today’s processes and tomorrow’s prospects for
business expansion — sustainably and on your own terms.

HIGHER EFFICIENCY FASTER INNOVATION GREATER AGILITY

Streamlined processes help boost Standardized enterprise architecture Modern architecture simplifies processes
effectiveness and create space in your IT frees up employees to focus on emerging and presents new opportunities to grow and
budget for greater investment in innovation technologies and drive greater value evolve business capabilities
benefits
 71%
MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER OR FALL BEHIND

IT plays an integral role in achieving business goals

in the digital era, which makes collaboration with
business decision makers more important and more

of IT organizations
urgent than ever. By prioritizing key conversations
† about managing technical debt and clearly defining
desired outcomes, you can drive the transformation

cite legacy infrastructure

from traditional operating model to modern
enterprise architecture in your business.

as biggest barrier to business transformation

Communicate Collaborate transform

getting started

† Based on surveyed organizations. ESG 2017, https://www.emc.com/collateral/

analyst-reports/esg-dellemc-it-transformation-maturity-report.pdf
 The Intel IT
identify and Assess

Enterprise
Technical Debt Framework
technical
debt
Pay and Reduce

Our comprehensive plan for

technical debt management Prevent
the framework
 Identify and Assess
Establish baseline inventory of applications, systems,
and platforms in use

‑‑ Map each app, system, or platform to enterprise architecture

— What is the business driver behind each?

Intel IT identified Categorize systems against TIME (Tolerate, Invest, Migrate,

$70 MILLION
Eliminate) model and Pace-Layered application strategy

Identify duplicative or overlapping items

Identify apps that can be modernized — What can be moved

to Cloud or Mobile?

in potential benefits †
Assess costs, benefits, and roadmap alignment

‑‑ Begin to allot the IT budget to align with roadmap and desired

business outcomes

Track business capability trends and pinpoint gaps in

technology roadmap
the framework

† From initial assessment in 2017

 Pay and reduce
Draft technology roadmap aligning with proposed enterprise

Intel it marked 550+

architecture

‑‑ Identify any big platform and technology investments

IT Applications and Platforms Create a plan for End-of-Life apps and systems misaligned

EOL in 2018
with the architecture

† ‑‑ Build a strategy to update, realign, or phase them out

Consolidate to align with enterprise architecture and roadmap

Modernize legacy apps critical to running the business by

moving them to Cloud or Mobile
the framework

† As of November 2018
 Establish enterprise architecture according to business drivers
and IT standard ops

intel aligned
Integrate architecture practice into app lifecycle management

Prevent
Establish standards and guidelines, plus reusable assets and
building blocks for enterprise development

65% of IT infrastructure
Solidify technology roadmap

Create governance model based on architecture and capability

to standard platforms † alignment

Integrate technical debt management into Agile and DevOps

model of continuous refactoring

‑‑ Make technical debt visible with real-time assessment as part

of DevOps model
the framework

† As of November 2018
 Managing technical debt is an ongoing process

establish a cycle and an essential component of good IT hygiene.

Refining and aligning to Intel IT enterprise

of continuous
architecture, while maintaining continuous
communication with business decision makers,

improvement
will help ensure that technology and business
objectives align. And with routine monitoring and
updates, debt can be kept under control, allowing
for maximum agility and growth.
Continuous Improvement
 start building enterprise architecture
for a more agile business
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor provides a foundation for a powerful Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory technology creates new architecture
data center platform with the agility to expand business capabilities and opportunities and computing possibilities for a variety of markets. This high-
alleviate technical debt. Optimized to support hybrid cloud infrastructures, throughout, low-latency memory solution is built for today’s demanding workloads,
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors deliver dynamic performance for high- eliminating bottlenecks to unleash your processor’s full potential. It is truly disruptive
demand applications while helping maintain data security. memory technology and a strong choice for developing an infrastructure standard.

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1 Source: ESG 2017, https://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/esg-dellemc-it-transformation-maturity-report.pdf
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Cost reduction scenarios described are intended as examples of how a given Intel- based product, in the specified circumstances and configurations, may affect future costs and provide cost savings. Circumstances will vary. Intel does not guarantee any costs or cost reduction.

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