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First steps for the Portfolio Analyst

Where to begin

Gain transparency of your IT portfolio

What is our application portfolio?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify all active applications Identify applications owned by an organization Identify all applications supporting a business capability Identify strategic applications Identify the most expensive applications Identify applications to sundown Understand who is responsible for an application

What is our technology portfolio?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand the information displayed Identify standard components Understand who is responsible for a component

What is our technical debt?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify applications that are at risk Identify technology migration needs Understand the impact of lifecycle conflicts on business capabilities

Who are our vendors?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify vendors with critical components Identify vendors important to the business Identify vendors important to the technology infrastructure

What are our architectural dependencies?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify at-risk information flows Identify redundant information flows Understand impact of migration to business data Identify planned information flows

Which business areas require the most IT support?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify at-risk business processes Identify application support Identify technological risk

Which contracts should we review?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify the most critical contracts Identify expensive contracts Hide predecessor/successor contracts

What is our service catalog?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed

Where are our applications deployed?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand application deployment

Establish governance of your IT assets

Who is responsible for our assets?

Find the business question Roles in Alfabet Understand the information displayed Find assets with no responsibilities defined Find assets that a user is responsible for Identify the users and organizations responsible for an asset

Who owns which applications?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Improve the data regarding application ownership Understand which organizations own applications supporting a business capability Understand which organizations own active applications

What is our standards catalog?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Show components on first-level IT capabilities Identify IT capabilities with non-standard components Understand the applications using a component Understand who is responsible for a component

What should we be focusing on?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify critical business capabilities Understand the current support for a business capability Understand future application support Identify applications owned by an organization Identify applications used by an organization

Who owns our technologies?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Improve the data regarding technology ownership Understand which organizations own components supporting an IT capability Understand which organizations own active components

Control your IT finances

What is our OPEX distribution?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify the most expensive planned applications Identify cost savings through application rationalization

What is our CAPEX distribution?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed

What are our cost drivers?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify current application costs Review the most expensive business capabilities Identify applications to rationalize Understand project costs for a business capability

Rationalize your application landscape

What are our investment/retirement candidates?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand how Business Score and Technical Score are calculated Identify applications for investment Reassess the strategic recommendation Identify issues with planned applications

What is the status of our rationalization plan?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Change the period of time displayed Understand cost calculation Understand planned applications

What are our service overlaps?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand which services have assets in common Define a service item that is impacted by a service

Manage migration to the cloud

What are our cloud focus areas?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand how Cloud Readiness and Cloud Relevance are calculated Indentify candidates for migration Identify candidates for sundowning Review costs of migration candidates

What is our cloud migration strategy?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify applications to migrate Identify applications to retire Identify the business capabilities impacted by cloud migration

Plan your application roadmap

What is our application landscape?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify the most important applications Understand future applications Identify risks to business support Identify complexity

What is our target architecture?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand the support for business capabilities Understand applications providing business support Understand planned business support Identify applications recommended for the target architecture Identify risk due to technical obsolescence

What is our application roadmap?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Review successor applications Change an application lifecycle Understand changes to application support

What is our vendor roadmap?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand future vendor roadmap Identify the most critical contracts Identify expensive contracts

What is our technology roadmap?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Review successor components Change a component lifecycle Understand changes to component support What technology is planned for an IT capability?

What is our service landscape?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify the most important services Identify risks to services

What is our service roadmap?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Review successor business services Change a business service lifecycle Understand changes to business service delivery

Manage the business demand on IT

What is our demand pipeline?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify demands by requesting organization

Which demands should be realized?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand business value, architectural impact, and project risk Identify demands to prioritize

Who are our service providers and consumers?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Improve the data regarding business service providers Understand which organizations provide business services supporting a business capability Understand which organizations provide active business services

Manage transformation projects

What are our most important projects?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand RAG status Understand how RAG is calculated Understand how Average Project Risk is calculated Understand how Average Business Value is calculated Understand how Average Architectural Impact is calculated Understand how the Planned Budget (current year / total) is calculated Identify risk due to project complexity Identify business impact due to project failure Understand project risk to the IT infrastructure Identify the most expensive projects

What are our project overlaps?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Understand which projects have assets in common Define an asset that is impacted by a project

Where are our project dependencies?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed What does the RAG status mean Identify project dependencies requiring attention Identify architecture affected by projects

What is the status of our project portfolio?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify projects at risk Identify projects with dependencies Change a project's milestones

Assess risk to your business

How will IT failure impact our business?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Business impact due to local shut-down Business impact due to server outage Business impact due to application failure Review the IT support of a business capability

Where do we use sensitive data?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify redundant user of data Understand where personal data is used Identify GDPR-relevant data

Where do we have technology risk?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify business capabilities at risk Identify IT capabilities at risk Edit the component lifecycle Improve the data about technologies Display components by owner organization Display components supporting an IT capability Display future component support

Where do we have SLA violations?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Review the SLA violation

What is our security score?

Find the business question Understand the information displayed Identify applications with no CIA score

Get help if you're lost

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Portfolio Analyst
Manage the business demand on IT

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Manage the business demand on IT

Understand the business requirements on the IT architecure and transform the requirements into demands that will feed the project pipeline.

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