Application cartography
Gap analysis

Compare two states

The gap, narrated, between two landscape states — the current state, scenarios, or history versions.

Plan
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Health

obsolescence 26→22 ▼4coupling 29→0 ▼29goldenSource 57→71 ▲14documentation 95→94 ▼1conformity 4→1 ▼3

Zones

  • Technical foundation & Cross-cutting — loses 1 application: Integration Bus (ESB)
  • Policy management — gains 1 application: Customer Platform · loses 1 application: Policy Administration

Flows

  • removed Cosy → Policy Administration (Policy)
  • removed Policy Administration → Premium Billing (Premium notice)
  • removed Third-Party Master Data → CRM 360 (Person)
  • removed Pricing Engine → Cosy (Quote)

Rule findings

−3 high−3 moderate−1 minor
7 findings resolved
  • Policy Administration is past its declared end of life (2025-12-31).
  • Policy Administration is obsolete and carries critical criticality.
  • Policy Administration (fragile) feeds 1 important application(s): Premium Billing.
  • Integration Bus (ESB) reaches end of life on 2026-12-31 (within 12 months).
  • Integration Bus (ESB) is marked Eliminate (TIME) while still business-critical.
  • The golden source of “Policy” is contested or duplicated.
  • Policy Administration → Premium Billing crosses two zones with no exchange zone

Rules are evaluated with the CURRENT flow policy and rule configuration applied to both states: the delta reflects landscape changes, not policy changes.