Get your APM off the ground quickly – with a clean, usable portfolio your leaders can trust.
If you are trying to stand up Application Portfolio Management (APM) today, you probably already have spreadsheets, CMDB exports, and lists of systems in different places. The real challenge is turning all of that into a single, governed portfolio that answers practical questions: Where can we reduce cost? Which applications are risky or redundant? What do we modernize first?
Sparx Systems North America helps you set up an enterprise-grade APM capability in Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect (EA) and Prolaborate in 2–5 weeks (scope dependent). We start from the business outcomes you care about, then design the metamodel, Sparx EA configuration, and dashboards that support those outcomes.
Cut Months of Setup into Days—Start with Proven Sparx Application Portfolio Management Templates
What You’ll Get
A Focused Sparx EA APM Workspace
Tailored toolboxes, guided modeling, and guardrails that remove clutter and help architects work in a consistent way.
A Ready-To-Use Baseline Model
Your application inventory loaded with the key attributes and relationships to business capabilities, processes, data, and technology.
Role-Based Prolaborate Dashboards
Clear views for CIO, CFO, CISO, product, and portfolio leaders showing cost, risk, lifecycle, redundancy, and roadmap insights at a glance.
Governed Data By Design
A simple, enforceable metamodel with validation rules and templates so your repository stays clean as it grows.
Faster Adoption
A simpler experience in EA for modelers and self-service insights in Prolaborate for stakeholders, reducing “how do I…?” questions.
Bottom line: you leave with a trusted APM backbone that supports rationalization, modernization, and budgeting discussions without version chaos in spreadsheets and slide decks.
How We Deliver (The Proven 4-Phase Approach)
1. Metamodel Definition (Business-Driven Design)
We begin by clarifying your top outcomes: cost transparency, risk visibility, redundancy cleanup, modernization planning, or all of the above. Then we design a concise metamodel with the right elements, relationships, and properties, so the model directly answers those questions. This prevents model sprawl, supports automated checks, and builds trust in the data.
2. Sparx EA Configuration (Tooling Aligned To Your Metamodel)
Next, we configure EA so good modeling is the default: toolbox profiles, quick-linker rules, diagram profiles, validation, and templates. In parallel, we prepare Prolaborate for collaboration and review. For your team, this removes noise, shortens the learning curve, and makes quality the easiest way to work.
3. Baseline Model Creation (Your APM, Populated)
We load your current application inventory from spreadsheets, documents, or exports, normalize attributes, and connect relationships to capabilities, processes, integrations, and technologies. You finish this phase with a working repository you can immediately use for analysis, roadmapping, and funding conversations.
4. Publishing and Dashboards (Insights For Decisions)
Finally, we co-design Prolaborate dashboards for each audience so leaders do not need the modeling tool to get value. Expect clear, role-specific views and practical exports, ready to use in steering committees, architecture boards, and portfolio reviews.
Why Teams Choose Sparx Systems North America
Business-First
We model only what supports decisions. Every attribute has a clear purpose.
Lean Standards, Strong Control
We align with recognized practices where they help, without adding unnecessary complexity.
Value In Weeks, Not Quarters
A usable repository and dashboards in 2–5 weeks keeps momentum and stakeholder interest high.
Confidence In One Source Of Truth
Guardrails, validation, and clear ownership reduce rework, data debates, and “which file is correct?” discussions.
Room To Grow
You can add properties, viewpoints, and dashboards later without refactoring the base model.
Equip your team with the skills to build a robust APM framework. Master model repository setup, attribute management, and dashboard configuration.
Engagement Details and Next Steps
Typical Duration
2–5 weeks, depending on scope, data readiness, and the number of dashboards.
What is included:
- Metamodel design and light governance rules
- Sparx EA configuration (toolboxes, quick-linker, diagram profiles, validation, templates)
- Baseline model with your application inventory and core relationships
- Prolaborate setup with role-based dashboards and practical exports
- Enablement sessions and a simple maintenance guide for your team
Every deliverable can be tailored including terminology, properties, views, imports, dashboards, and reports to match your standards and environment. We work alongside your Sparx EA team so knowledge transfers as we build; you own the assets, rules, and templates from day one.
If you are ready to move from scattered spreadsheets to a single, governed portfolio that leaders trust, this engagement gives you a working APM capability quickly. Share your top two or three outcomes (for example, cost reduction, risk heatmaps, redundancy cleanup), and we will shape a 2–5-week plan that fits your organization. Contact Us Now!
