Method of evaluating business components in an enterprise

A method of analyzing one or more of a plurality of business components employed in an enterprise, said method comprising the steps of:

• identifying at least one business or technology objective pertaining to said plurality of business components;
• providing a computer tool with a defined rating system for each one of a set of business technology factors and with a set of defined keys having respective key values;
• entering into said computer tool data pertaining to said plurality of business components using said respective key values;
• ranking, according to said defined rating system in said computer tool, one or more of said set of business technology factors;
• and
• running an analysis report to analyze said one or more of said plurality of business components based on said at least one identified business or technology objective, said data entered using said respective key values and said ranked set of business technology factors.

Programmable media containing programmable software to evaluate architectural fit of a plurality of business software applications in an enterprise, said programmable software comprising the steps of:

• accessing a defined key table for a plurality of business components and a rating table for each one of a set of business technology factors;
• inputting, in a memory, data for said plurality of business components using respective key values from said defined key table;
• ranking one or more of said set of business technology factors using respective rating values from said rating table;
• and
• executing an analysis to evaluate architectural fit of said plurality of business software applications based on data inputted using said respective key values and said ranked set of business technology factors.