Data requirements for "What is our application roadmap?"

This business question provides an overview of the application roadmap and allows you to understand lifecycles of the applications including when they will be implemented or reach end-of-life.

MM_WhatIsOurRoadmap 

To have meaningful data for the business question What is our application roadmap?, you must capture the following information about the applications in your company.

Class Attribute Mandatory Explanation

Application

Name

x

The application name.

Version

x

The version number for the application. It is recommended that you document major and minor release versions (<MajorVersion.MinorVersion>).

Start Date

x

The start date is the date when the application is actively used.

End Date

x

The end date is the date when the application is no longer used.

Object State

x

Describes the use of the application in the real word. This can be understood as the operational status of the application. Possible values are:

  • Plan: The application is proposed to be used and still in the stages of planning and building.
  • Active: The application is currently being used. The active period begins with the application's start date and stops with the end date.
  • Retired: The application is no longer used.

The object state should be changed from Plan to Active once the application's start date is reached. It should be changed to Retired when the application's end data is reached.

Status

x

Specifies the approval status of an application and determines whether or not the application can be edited or deleted. Possible values are:

  • Draft: The application has only mandatory data defined.
  • Under Review: The application is documented and being reviewed. An application with this release status cannot be deleted.
  • Approved: The application has been approved by the responsible stakeholders. An application cannot be deleted when it has an approved release status. An application with this release status cannot be deleted.
  • Data imported: The data regarding this application has been imported from an external system. Additional changes may be required to improve the data quality. An application with this release status can be deleted.
  • Trash: The application is no longer valid and can be deleted.

Strategic Application

Indicates whether the application is strategic for the business.

Successor Application

All successor applications of a selected application are shown. The successor relations are visualized as black vertical arrows starting with the predecessor's end date and pointing to the successor application.

Plan Start Date

This is the start date of the lifecycle phase Plan. The end date will be set to the minimum of the next maintained lifecycle phase's start date and the lifecycle end date.

Pilot Start Date

This is the start date of the lifecycle phase Pilot. The lifecycle phase will be set to the minimum of the next maintained lifecycle phase's start date and the lifecycle end date.

Production Start Date

This is the start date of the lifecycle phase Production. The lifecycle phase will be set to the minimum of the next maintained lifecycle phase's start date and the lifecycle end date.

Sunset Start Date

This is the start date of the lifecycle phase Sunset. The lifecycle phase will be set to the minimum of the next maintained lifecycle phase's start date and the lifecycle end date.

Retired Start Date

This is the start date of the lifecycle phase Retired. The end date will be set to the lifecycle end date.

Lifecycle End Date

This is the end date of the last lifecycle phase.