Defining Application System Properties
Similarly to applications, the inventory phase consists of collecting information on application systems from different viewpoints: descriptive, functional, financial, technical.
Accessing Application System Properties
Depending on whether you are application owner or application portfolio manager, you can access application systems from the Home or Inventory tab.
To access application system properties:
In the list of repository application systems, select the required application system and click the
Properties button of the edit window.
Application system properties pages appear:
• Characteristics
• Installation
• Evaluation
• Cost
• Wall
• Generates reports
Application System Characteristics
To access characteristics that enable identification of an application system:
In the application system properties, select the
Characteristics page.
You can specify:
• the Identification (name, internal code, etc.)
• the Service Legal Agreement: displays the indicators that define the application quality level.
Responsibilities
Owner
An owner should be defined on the application system. He/she is responsible for application system technical and functional information He/she can be application owner or portfolio manager.
Financial Controller
A financial controller should be connected to an application system. He/she is responsible for defining application system financial information, in particular at time of evaluation.
Business User
A business manager can be specified if necessary, but this is not mandatory.
Application system Gantt chart
The application system has its own life cycle. It is confronted with the life cycle of its components so that possible conflicts in reports can be detected. The application system Gantt chart therefore displays life cycle of the application system with that of its components.
Evaluating Application Systems
Similarly to applications, the application manager can evaluate application systems for which he/she is responsible on three criteria: business, functional and technological. For more detailed information, see
"Evaluating Application Criticality".
The Portfolio Manager can evaluate the application assets he/she supervises by creating an application portfolio and associating with it additional evaluation criteria. See
"Evaluating Application Assets", page 61.