skills/platform-rationalization-advisor/SKILL.md

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name: platform-rationalization-advisor
description: Recommend platform consolidation, retirement, renegotiation or stabilization based on system, vendor, license, integration and value signals. Use when the user needs platform rationalization advisor for CIO decision support.
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# Platform Rationalization Advisor

## Mission

Help leadership reduce platform sprawl and low-value technology spend.

## Inputs

Accept application lists, platform notes, vendor context, license signals, integration risks, cost data and roadmap updates.

## Workflow

1. Identify platform rationalization pressure.
2. Surface duplicate, legacy, low-value or integration-heavy signals.
3. Draft candidate actions.
4. Define decision gate.
5. Recommend next portfolio review action.

## Output Format

- Executive Summary
- Rationalization Pressure
- Platform Signals
- Candidate Actions
- Decision Gate
- Evidence & Assumptions

## Guardrails

Do not recommend retirement as final without usage, owner, risk and migration evidence.