Patent ID: 8027903

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for assessing technological health of a first portfolio within an entity, wherein said first portfolio includes a plurality of assets, said method including: developing, by a technological health computer, a plurality of infrastructure assessment scores based upon an infrastructure assessment of said plurality of assets in said first portfolio; developing, by said technological health computer, a plurality of adaptability assessment scores based upon an adaptability assessment of said plurality of assets in said first portfolio, wherein said adaptability assessment is based in part on a compatibility level between existing computing assets and new computing assets, wherein said compatibility level is based upon a reuse measurement, an interaction level measurement, a configurability assessment, a layering measurement and a data integrity measurement; calculating, by said technological health computer and based upon said plurality of infrastructure assessment asset scores, a first portfolio infrastructure score for said first portfolio; calculating, by said technological health computer and based upon said plurality of adaptability assessment asset scores, a first portfolio adaptability score for said first portfolio; analyzing, by said technological health computer, said first portfolio infrastructure score and said first portfolio infrastructure score to determine a modification to at least one of: said first portfolio or a second portfolio; determining, by said technological health computer, an impact on a second asset based upon at least one of: maintaining said first asset, upgrading said first asset, or eliminating said first asset, to further determine said modification; and at least one of: said maintaining said first asset, said upgrading said first asset, or said eliminating said first asset in response to said at least one of: said first portfolio infrastructure score or said first portfolio adaptability score.