An application should improve a concrete organisational task. Value may mean more reliable results, fewer manual transfers or shorter processing times. The Grassroot framework describes this benefit when identifying a need and checks it during operation.
Consider benefit and effort together
Record the current process: what works, where errors occur and what should improve. In an explicitly hypothetical example, reducing a monthly analysis from two hours to one could save time. Development, maintenance, training and checking results still have to be counted.
Before developing something new, examine available solutions, simpler working methods and adoption of an existing application. The owner records why the chosen option appears suitable.
Check actual effects
After introduction, use the same criteria to check whether improvement occurred. If the task changes or the solution is seldom needed, decide on adaptation, consolidation or retirement. The application profile records purpose and ownership.
The public description of ISO/IEC 38500:2024 places effective and responsible use of information technology within organisational governance. The value assessment described here is our practical implementation within the Grassroot framework.