Specify the deliverables of contracts and contract items

A contract deliverable is the obligated deliverable that must be provided to fulfill the terms of a contract or contract item. A contract deliverable has a delivery date and a quantity that must be delivered as well as the application, component, physical server, or virtual server that is targeted by the deliverable.

Document the deliverables required to fulfill a contractual agreement as well as the architecture elements in the IT landscape that consume the contract deliverables. This helps you to assess the validity of contracts so that you can maximize the use of existing contracts, terminate contracts in a timely way, and avoid unnecessary costs associated with obsolete or redundant contracts

1. Go to the contract's content area > Architecture Context > Contract Deliverables.
2. Click New > Contract Deliverable.
3. Capture the basic data including the asset that is the deliverable in the Architecture Element field and click OK.
4. Review the Contract Deliverable - Lifecycles view to analyze the start and and end of the contract and contract items and the lifecycles of the applications targeted by the contract deliverable.
   • A contract with a  review date milestone 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  diamond on the bar indicates that more licenses are allocated for the contract deliverable than are permissible.

To specify the contract deliverable for a contract item, go to the contract's content area > Overview > Contract Items view. Select a contract item and click the   navigate button. Go to the contract's content area > Architecture Context > Contract Deliverables view.