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Summary
IT4IT Reference Architecture Functional Component
Reference
Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture / System.String[] Value Stream / Service Portfolio Component
Purpose
Manage the portfolio of services in plan, transition, production, and retirement. Authoritative source for the list of services that IT delivers, has delivered in the past, or brokers to itself and business. Any IT service within the Service Portfolio functional component often corresponds to one or more entries in the Offer Catalog.
Main Functions
- Shall assess the effectiveness and efficiency of current services delivered to business.
- Shall manage all inventory information about services or applications; including business benefits, risk, quality, fit to purpose, etc.
- Shall compare similar services or applications to identify rationalization opportunities.
- Shall evaluate the portfolio with regard to value/cost performance and risk/criticality. These methods are used to maximize portfolio value, align and prioritize resource allocations, and balance supply and demand.
- Shall review proposed portfolio changes; decide whether to keep, retire, or modernize services or applications.
- Shall create, review, and update service roadmaps.
- Shall determine and track service budgets/actuals information.
- Shall create and maintain service blueprints and endpoints. A service blueprint is a set of service endpoints that support business processes. A service blueprint provides service process and delivery visualization from the customer’s point of view. A service blueprint also maintains traceability of Logical and Physical (realized) Service Models.
- Shall associate a Conceptual Service to one or more Portfolio Backlog Items.
- Should comply with one or more applicable Policies.
Example of HPE Products that may contribute to this Functional Component
- Project and Portfolio Management Foundation
- Enterprise Maps
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