CIO / Enterprise Architecture / CFOSAP modernization
Which SAP modernization path should leadership approve, and under what migration conditions?
- Inputs required
- Current ECC/BW landscape, reporting pain points, migration timeline, cost baseline, control requirements.
- Evidence used
- System inventory, finance controls, process owners, vendor estimates, architecture constraints.
- Output generated
- Decision Brief comparing modernization options, migration risk, financial assumptions, and approval gates.
Data & AI Leadership / CFO / RiskAI ROI validation
Which AI investment has a defensible value case after adoption, risk, and operating assumptions are tested?
- Inputs required
- Use case scope, labor baseline, adoption model, risk review, data readiness, operating cost.
- Evidence used
- Business process evidence, cost assumptions, control requirements, implementation dependencies.
- Output generated
- AI ROI Decision Brief with value drivers, sensitivity, risk gates, and owner validation items.
CIO / Enterprise Architecture / RiskCloud migration
Which migration sequence balances resilience, cost, control exposure, and delivery risk?
- Inputs required
- Application estate, hosting cost, resilience needs, compliance scope, migration dependencies.
- Evidence used
- Architecture inventory, operating metrics, security constraints, budget assumptions.
- Output generated
- Migration Decision Brief with scenario comparison, risk gates, and retained approval conditions.
CIO / CFO / Data LeadershipBI modernization
How should duplicated reporting be modernized without losing control over trusted metrics?
- Inputs required
- BI estate, report duplication, metric ownership, licensing, adoption constraints.
- Evidence used
- Usage data, metric lineage, stakeholder input, cost model, control requirements.
- Output generated
- BI modernization Decision Brief with retained rationale, savings assumptions, and validation items.
Procurement / CIO / CFOVendor/tool rationalization
Which tools should be retained, replaced, consolidated, or retired?
- Inputs required
- Tool inventory, spend, adoption, overlapping capabilities, contract obligations.
- Evidence used
- Vendor contracts, usage data, business owner input, security and procurement review.
- Output generated
- Rationalization record with option comparison, commercial exposure, and owner actions.
CIO / Transformation / CFOBuild vs buy
Should the capability be built, bought, outsourced, or phased?
- Inputs required
- Capability requirements, time horizon, talent constraints, vendor alternatives, cost model.
- Evidence used
- Delivery estimates, operating model, vendor inputs, dependency and control review.
- Output generated
- Build-vs-buy Decision Brief with tradeoffs, financial assumptions, and recommendation logic.
Risk & Compliance / Enterprise ArchitectureCompliance-sensitive architecture
Which architecture path satisfies operating needs while respecting risk and control constraints?
- Inputs required
- Regulatory scope, data classification, access controls, audit needs, architecture alternatives.
- Evidence used
- Control requirements, security review, policy references, owner input, implementation constraints.
- Output generated
- Architecture Decision Brief with risk gates, evidence basis, and approval trail.
CFO / Operations / ProcurementCost optimization
Which savings actions are defensible after baseline, delivery, and service impact are validated?
- Inputs required
- Current cost baseline, savings levers, service levels, operating impact, transition cost.
- Evidence used
- Spend data, process evidence, owner assumptions, vendor/pricing inputs, risk review.
- Output generated
- Cost optimization Decision Brief with savings assumptions, sensitivity, and validation conditions.