Document the technology portfolio

The technology portfolio constitutes the nuts-and-bolts of your company's IT portfolio and is critical to the seamless operation of the applications that support your business capabilities. An up-to-date inventory of your company's technologies is key to understanding dependencies between the application portfolio and the technology architecture and mitigating risk to the IT infrastructure.

Establish a comprehensive technology portfolio to drive effective Technology Portfolio Management (TPM). Document the IT capabilities your technologies support to ensure alignment with business needs. Identify the components used by applications and specify which applications rely on each component to clarify dependencies and streamline impact analysis. Map components to the IT capabilities they enable to expose functional coverage and potential gaps.

Track vendor relationships by recording which suppliers provide each component. Gain full visibility into your infrastructure by understanding both physical and virtual servers. Document which servers host which applications and specify the physical locations of those servers to support operational resilience, compliance, and disaster recovery planning. Use this structured approach to optimize technology investments, reduce risk, and support strategic decision-making.

	Document the IT capabilities that your technology portfolio supports.
	Document the components that applications use. Specify which applications use the components. You can also specify which components support which IT capabilities. Create component groups and component categories to analyze components.
	Document which vendors supply the components.
	Describe the physical servers and virtual servers. Document which servers deploy the applications. Specify the locations of the physical servers.