HOPEX Portfolio & Planning : HOPEX Portfolio & Planning : Describing a Portfolio : Defining Initiatives
   
Defining Initiatives
 
Creating an Initiative
Creating an initiative from a portfolio
Creating an Initiative Group
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.
Depending on the HOPEX Suite products you have available, this object can be:
org-unit
an application
a resource architecture,
a capability,
a technical infrastructure,
an artifact,
a business process
an organizational process,
a project,
a product,
an IT service,
a business function,
standard.
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.
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.