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World Bank Group Improves Application Portfolio Management with APM

Case study showing how the World Bank Group replaced manual application tracking with an automated APM repository to align IT assets with business value.

Published
June 4, 2026
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3 min read
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The World Bank Group manages 500 core applications and 600 supporting products across 189 countries. Without a central inventory, leaders could not assess alignment, justify investments, or retire low-value systems. Implementation of an integrated capability and technology management platform automated lineage capture, impact analysis, and compliance reporting. Architecture reviews dropped from eight weeks to seconds while creating a single trusted source used for annual planning and governance.

Key takeaways

Manual application inventory replaced by automated, single-source repository

Lineage and impact analysis generated in seconds instead of eight weeks

Business and IT capability mapping supports investment and retirement decisions

Automated compliance reports increase data ownership across business lines

Repository integrated with performance monitoring and annual planning systems

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