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1. A method for transforming a portfolio of assets, the method comprising:
capturing, via a processor, an existing state of each of a plurality of objects and interdependencies amongst the plurality of objects based on at least one criterion selected for rationalization of the plurality of objects;
creating, via the processor, an assessment design to identify a plurality of gaps in the existing state of the plurality of objects;
performing analysis, via the processor, on information collected corresponding to each of the plurality of gaps; and
employing feedback and machine learning on the analysis performed to generate a transformation roadmap for the portfolio of assets.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the portfolio of assets is an IT portfolio.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying the plurality of objects from within the portfolio of assets.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of objects are selected from a group comprising applications, data center, databases, servers, end user computing device, service desk, messaging, monitoring tools, backup, storage, business processes, people, information, enterprise information entity, business information entity, information sources, and organization maturity.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting at least one criterion to rationalize the plurality of objects associated with the portfolio of assets.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one criteria is selected from a group comprising acquisitions, mergers, dilution of a business unit, reduction of business risk, business efficiency, enhanced performance of application, portfolio, and infrastructure, integration and portability, business and portfolio alignment, architecture maturity, and optimum resource utilization.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing the existing state of an object within the plurality of objects comprises collecting data associated with the existing state of the object via a discovery tool and an export-import tool, the discovery tool collecting data comprising discovery of new applications, infrastructure, data center, and the export-import tool collecting data from external and internal systems.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising collecting the information corresponding to each of the plurality of gaps, the information being collected based on at least one predefined parameter associated with each of the plurality of gaps.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising computing an overall score of an object within the plurality of objects across a plurality of dimensions of interests, the overall score of the object being representative of usefulness of the object across the plurality of dimensions of interests.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein performing analysis comprises determining impact dependency of rationalization of an object within the plurality of objects on a set of objects within the plurality of objects.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating reports representative of the analysis performed via the processor, the reports comprising charts and recommendations associated with rationalization of the portfolio of assets.

12. A system for rationalizing a portfolio of assets, the system comprising:
at least one processors; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
capturing, via a processor, an existing state of each of a plurality of objects and interdependencies amongst the plurality of objects based on at least one criterion selected for rationalization of the plurality of objects;
creating, via the processor, an assessment design to identify a plurality of gaps in the existing state of the plurality of objects;
performing analysis, via the processor, on information collected corresponding to each of the plurality of gaps; and
employing feedback and machine learning on the analysis performed to generate a rationalization roadmap for the portfolio of assets.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise identifying the plurality of objects from within the portfolio of assets.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise selecting at least one criterion to rationalize the plurality of objects associated with the portfolio of assets.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein at least one criteria is selected from a group comprising acquisitions, mergers, dilution of a business unit, reduction of business risk, business efficiency, enhanced performance of application, portfolio, and infrastructure, integration and portability, business and portfolio alignment, architecture maturity, and optimum resource utilization.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise collecting data associated with the existing state of the object via a discovery tool and an export-import tool, the discovery tool collecting data comprising discovery of new applications, infrastructure, data center, and the export-import tool collecting data from external and internal systems.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise collecting the information corresponding to each of the plurality of gaps, the information being collected based on at least one predefined parameter associated with each of the plurality of gaps.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise computing an overall score of an object within the plurality of objects across a plurality of dimensions of interests, the overall score of the object being representative of usefulness of the object across the plurality of dimensions of interests.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise determining impact dependency of rationalization of an object within the plurality of objects on a set of objects within the plurality of objects.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for rationalizing a portfolio of assets, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
capture, via a processor, an existing state of each of a plurality of objects and interdependencies amongst the plurality of objects based on at least one criterion selected for rationalization of the plurality of objects;
create, via the processor, an assessment design to identify a plurality of gaps in the existing state of the plurality of objects;
perform analysis, via the processor, on information collected corresponding to each of the plurality of gaps; and
employ feedback and machine learning on the analysis performed to generate a transformation roadmap for the portfolio of assets.

Dated this 9th day of March, 2015
Shwetha A Chimalgi
Of K&S Partners
Agent for the Applicant
,TagSPECI:TECHNICAL FIELD
This disclosure relates generally to Information Technology (IT) and more particularly to methods and systems for IT portfolio transformation.