DRIVING ONGOING IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION IN APPLICATION MANAGEMENT

The focus of organizations of all types is increasingly on improving the management of their information systems to drive performance, growth and success. However, traditional approaches to application services (AS) management are falling short in meeting today’s challenges. In managing their applications, many organizations aim to achieve the following:

  • Modernize, consolidate and coordinate operations
  • Innovate to better meet evolving needs and accelerate business outcomes
  • Drive transformation towards agile development methodologies
  • Deliver new applications more quickly and with higher quality
  • Leverage real-time performance visualization to improve business outcomes
  • Manage costs and eliminate unproductive effort

With traditional AS management approaches, effectively achieving these objectives on an ongoing basis has been a challenge. One of the key shortfalls of traditional approaches is their focus on input rather than output. With these approaches, the number of people required to perform everyday tasks is more of a consideration than the output of those resources.

CGI’s approach to AS management, unlike traditional approaches, concentrates more on the output side. Through rigorous oversight and measurement, CGI ASOP ensures organizations achieve their ultimate business and IT objectives.

CGI ASOP is an innovative approach to application services that delivers the following:

Innovation visibility:

Visibility in improving operations and increasing efficiency to drive transformation and value

Cost/schedule optimization:

Reduced “run” costs by introducing automation, innovation and lean concepts

Knowledge preservation:

Operational-level collaboration mechanisms to ensure the organization “acts as one”

Built in quality and security:

Use of “shift-left” concepts to build in quality and security practices

Enterprise agility:

Agility with a modernization focus to drive long-term value and benefits

CGI ASOP helps clients worldwide achieve their strategic IT goals, including modernizing their portfolios, becoming more agile, reducing operational costs, driving digital transformation, enhancing cybersecurity and embracing new delivery models to better align revenue and costs.

We invite you to read further to learn more about the strategic advantages of CGI ASOP and the potential value it could bring to your organization.