1. A method for facilitating forensic analysis of operational data for an Information Technology (“IT”) infrastructure, comprising the steps of: deriving performance data from a plurality of physical systems, network elements and storage devices in the IT infrastructure via a toolset comprising a plurality of IT monitoring and metrics tools, wherein each tool is communicatively interfaced with one or more of the physical systems, network elements and storage devices; importing the performance data into an integrated forensics platform; aggregating the imported data; analyzing the aggregated data to determine resources consumed; producing a forensic heat map setting forth a collection of metrics and at least one aspect of resource consumption for each metric includes producing a collection of forensic heat maps, each for a separate application; and selectively displaying the collection of forensic heat maps to a user via an archaeologist platform.