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Defining Initiatives
 
Creating an Initiative
Creating an initiative from an application
Initiative name
Defining Initiative Characteristics
Specifying decision-making information
Specifying timespots
Specifying Initiative Life
Initializing initiative life
Updating object life from an initiative
Modeling Initiative Costs
Assessing Initiatives
An initiative is associated with an enterprise repository object.
*An initiative is a portfolio element corresponding to an investment program identified by the enterprise (or department) to achieve strategic objectives.
With HOPEX IT Portfolio Management, this object can be:
an application
an application deployment
a technology
Several initiatives can be grouped in an initiative group to simplify portfolio management.
*An initiative group is a set of consistent investment programs designed to simplify portfolio analysis and follow-up.