Describing Inventory Portfolios
An inventory portfolio groups a set of applications. it enables follow-up of a given set of applications.
Creating an inventory portfolio consists of defining all the information (comparison criteria, etc.) needed to assess applications of the portfolio.
A portfolio enables representation of all investments of an enterprise (or department) necessary to carry out changes required to achieve strategic objectives. It comprises a set of objects (for example applications for a an inventory portfolio) to be compared based on comparison criteria associated with the portfolio.You can also create inventory portfolios for technologies. The technology portfolio definition uses the same methods than applications portfolios.
Hopex IT Portfolio Management Offers a different kind of portfolio: the transformation portfolio. It intervenes after the inventory and assessment and comprises project lines (including deliverables that can be applications or technologies) and can include several project lines for the same application to measure the option costs of different scenarios. See "Transforming an application portfolio", page 73.