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Number of development and deployment environments.

Though this metric alone does not give insight into the group objectives. It should be used with other metrics like number of solutions deployed or number of solutions developed over the time.

Number of annual design consulting engagements. Valid for consulting organizations.

Annual savings from errors avoided in design reviews. Should be valued by taking into accounts, the issues identified in reviews and attaching cost parameter to it.

Percentage of projects conducting architecture reviews.

Percentage of projects with assigned architects = number of projects with assigned Architectures [Data, Technology, Information and Systems] to the Total number of Projects.

% reduction in maintenance cost of all systems. Know, how much cost y-o-y your manager can bring it down. to be calculated as total reduction in maintenance of IT systems / Total maintenance cost.

Total value creation from IT growth function: IT growth function will include

1. Any research activity in IT which can lead to business growth
2. Any Architecture, design or development project [IT]which will be used by business stakeholders, which will lead to growth

Total Value created from these activities is required to be estimated to record this metric.

Total value creation from IT support function: IT Support function includes all activities by IT which results in:

1. support of any IT System which is currently been utilized by the business users
2. Support of IT System currently utilized by the Customers of the business
3. Any IT activity or new development which is utilized to stabilize the fluctuations in business.

Estimation need to include the value creation from any such activities.

Total Value created by enabling IT Products and services in an organization. This metric helps in removing the misconception of IT as a cost function

% of funds planned or used for enabling growth in an organization [read in RnD function, developing new features, enabling more features or automating a new work-flow...] with IT to the total IT budget.