1. Establish ongoing policies and processes
2. Enforce compliance with corporate security
3. Reduce software and support costs (negotiating volume contract agreements, eliminating/reallocating underutilized software licenses)
4. Enhance productivity (ensure that employees have the tools they need)
5. Maximum return on the investment of application ownership
6. Security (legal, image, IT)
7. Reduce administrative effort, saving time and money
8. Preventing unnecessary investments
9. Better planning (What is missing in the IT infrastructure? When to upgrade? What can wait? And what can be put off to a later date?)