Which contracts are most critical?

Consider whether you want to check for contracts with an impending end date from either a vendor perspective or a buyer perspective.

  1. Go to the business question What is our vendor roadmap? and click the  Filter local filter button.
  2. Specify the Vendor View / Buyer View field depending on the perspective you are interested in.
  3. Select End Date in the Sort Order field to focus on the contracts that are ending soon.
  4. Click Update and click X to close the filter panel.
  5. Review the following:
    • Check for contracts with a ContractReviewDate review date milestone that is close to the current date, which is visualized by the blue vertical line.
    • Contracts with an impending review data should be assessed to see whether a successor contract is available.
    • A contract deliverable showing a ContractDeliverageUsageIssue diamond on the bar indicates that more licenses are allocated for the contract deliverable than are permissible.
  6. To review the contract deliverables, click the navigate Navigate button of the contract to open the content area.
  7. Go to the Architecture page and review the various views regarding the contract deliverables as well as the Contract Deliverables Usage - Lifetime visualization to understand the discrepancy in license overuse.