PurposeThis paper aims to research literature to describe the business processes used when planning IT infrastructure refreshes.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses analytical hierarchical process (AHP) and pairwise comparisons to model and quantify the decision process for IT infrastructure refreshes.FindingsThe research found that most companies keep their refresh processes private and very little academic research is available on this topic. While supportability, manageability, compatibility, cost, and scalability are important factors to large organizations, performance and availability of the systems are important for smaller organizations.Originality/valueAHP was not ever used to evaluate the refresh planning. The paper demonstrates that it would be a very useful tool.
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