Description

Applications and services are audited, any which are not needed are decommissioned, and what is already available is shared with others.

Suggested actions

• identify and decommission duplicate or unused applications
• cancel or re-use any unused licences
• migrate data from redundant and low usage legacy applications to new or existing systems
• maintain a full inventory of live applications and datasets
• follow government standards for publishing and using open source
• use industry and government service standards and guidance
• identify efficient applications that can be shared across teams, like GOV.UK Forms
• identify and move appropriate applications to the Cloud

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