Evaluating Application Criticality
Criticality of an application is assessed related to criteria linked with the business, to functionalities covered and to technologies used. Evaluation involves different user types. For more details on users, see
"Profiles of HOPEX IT Portfolio Management", page 12.
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation of an application relates to:
• its Business Value enabling evaluation of the nesting level of the application in enterprise production.
• Level 1: operational business processes will be stopped if the application no longer functions and a workaround solution exists.
• Level 4: major production processes will be stopped in the case of application malfunction with no workaround solution.
• its Business Value enabling evaluation of the support level of the application in enterprise process.
• Level 1: low level
• Level 4 the application is critical from a functional viewpoint, since it supports key processes on its own.
• its Technology enabling assessment of evolution possibilities of the application from the techniques that support it.
• Level 1: technology is frozen
• Level 4: corresponds to a flexible and upgradable technological platform.
Creating an Assessment Measure
You can evaluate an application at precise moments, by creating a new evaluation measure each time.
To create an evaluation measure:
1. Click the icon of the application to evaluate and select Properties.
2. In the properties drop-down list, click the Assessment page.
3. Click theNew Measure button.
The TaggedValue (criterion) creation dialog box opens.
4. Indicate the value of each criterion as well as the evaluation end date.
For more details on businesses addressed and functionalities covered, see "Defining Application Functional Scope".