City planning justification
City planning is justified for businesses:
• that have significant application assets.
• that have a long history in information technology.
• where information technology is strategic.
It may also be justified in:
• Mergers/Acquisitions
This immediately results in a high level of redundancy, particularly in operating resources. The city planning must occur prior to consolidating IT resources.
• Enterprises dependent on "software packages"
Here again, the level of redundancy may be significant, particularly in the data. The objective of city planning is to prepare for data synchronization
Apart from these cases, city planning projects are rarely flagship projects. They must be low key, with no negative impact on other projects.