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.