Application Portfolio Management Toolkit

Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical Application Portfolio Management Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step work plans and maturity diagnostics for any Application Portfolio Management related project.

Download the Toolkit and in Three Steps you will be guided from idea to implementation results.

The Toolkit contains the following practical and powerful enablers with new and updated Application Portfolio Management specific requirements:

STEP 1: Get your bearings

Start with...


• The latest quick edition of the Application Portfolio Management Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.


Organized in a data driven improvement cycle RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain), check the…


• Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation


Then find your goals...

STEP 2: Set concrete goals, tasks, dates and numbers you can track

Featuring 990 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Application Portfolio Management improvements can be made.

Examples; 10 of the 990 standard requirements:


1. What is the process for gathering feedback from stakeholders on the alignment of applications with innovation and R and D initiatives, and how do we incorporate this feedback into the prioritization process?
   
   

2. What are the challenges of ensuring high availability and reliability of a platform-based architecture, and how can these be addressed through effective disaster recovery and business continuity planning?
   
   

3. What is the current level of employee skills and knowledge in terms of emerging technologies and innovation areas, and how do we prioritize applications that support employee development in these areas?
   
   

4. How does a platform-based architecture facilitate the integration of different applications and systems, and what are the benefits of this integration in terms of data visibility and decision-making?
   
   

5. How does the organization define and categorize AI and ML applications within the application portfolio, and what are the key characteristics used to distinguish them from traditional applications?
   
   

6. What are the unique capabilities and limitations of blockchain technology that need to be considered when developing an application portfolio management approach for blockchain-based applications?
   
   

7. What is the process for reviewing and refining the application prioritization process on a regular basis, and how do we incorporate changes in innovation and R and D initiatives into this process?
   
   

8. What are the specific key performance indicators (KPIs) used to measure application portfolio management maturity in terms of business alignment, and how are they weighted in terms of importance?
   
   

9. What are the implications of a platform-based architecture on the organization's governance and compliance requirements, and how can these be addressed through effective policies and procedures?
   
   

10. What are the key performance indicators (KPIs) that we use to measure the success of applications that support innovation and R and D initiatives, and how do we track and report on these KPIs?
    
    


Complete the self assessment, on your own or with a team in a workshop setting. Use the workbook together with the self assessment requirements spreadsheet:


• The workbook is the latest in-depth complete edition of the Application Portfolio Management book in PDF containing 990 requirements, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...


Your Application Portfolio Management self-assessment dashboard which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next:


• The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard; with the Application Portfolio Management Self-Assessment and Scorecard you will develop a clear picture of which Application Portfolio Management areas need attention, which requirements you should focus on and who will be responsible for them:
  
  


• Shows your organization instant insight in areas for improvement: Auto generates reports, radar chart for maturity assessment, insights per process and participant and bespoke, ready to use, RACI Matrix

• Gives you a professional Dashboard to guide and perform a thorough Application Portfolio Management Self-Assessment

• Is secure: Ensures offline data protection of your Self-Assessment results

• Dynamically prioritized projects-ready RACI Matrix shows your organization exactly what to do next:



STEP 3: Implement, Track, follow up and revise strategy

The outcomes of STEP 2, the self assessment, are the inputs for STEP 3; Start and manage Application Portfolio Management projects with the 62 implementation resources:


• 62 step-by-step Application Portfolio Management Project Management Form Templates covering over 1500 Application Portfolio Management project requirements and success criteria:


Examples; 10 of the check box criteria:


1. Cost Estimating Worksheet: Identify the timeframe necessary to monitor progress and collect data to determine how the selected measure has changed?
   
   

2. Procurement Audit: Were no tenders presented after the time limit accepted?
   
   

3. Project Scope Statement: Are there backup strategies for key members of the Application Portfolio Management project?
   
   

4. Planning Process Group: In what way has the Application Portfolio Management project come up with innovative measures for problem-solving?
   
   

5. Human Resource Management Plan: Have Application Portfolio Management project team accountabilities & responsibilities been clearly defined?
   
   

6. Responsibility Assignment Matrix: Will too many Communicating responsibilities tangle the Application Portfolio Management project in unnecessary communications?
   
   

7. Project or Phase Close-Out: How much influence did the stakeholder have over others?
   
   

8. Activity Duration Estimates: Are inspections completed to determine if the results comply with the requirements?
   
   

9. Activity Duration Estimates: What does it mean to take a systems view of a Application Portfolio Management project?
   
   

10. Human Resource Management Plan: Are people motivated to meet the current and future challenges?


 
Step-by-step and complete Application Portfolio Management Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.

1.0 Initiating Process Group:


• 1.1 Application Portfolio Management project Charter

• 1.2 Stakeholder Register

• 1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix


2.0 Planning Process Group:


• 2.1 Application Portfolio Management project Management Plan

• 2.2 Scope Management Plan

• 2.3 Requirements Management Plan

• 2.4 Requirements Documentation

• 2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix

• 2.6 Application Portfolio Management project Scope Statement

• 2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log

• 2.8 Work Breakdown Structure

• 2.9 WBS Dictionary

• 2.10 Schedule Management Plan

• 2.11 Activity List

• 2.12 Activity Attributes

• 2.13 Milestone List

• 2.14 Network Diagram

• 2.15 Activity Resource Requirements

• 2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure

• 2.17 Activity Duration Estimates

• 2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet

• 2.19 Application Portfolio Management project Schedule

• 2.20 Cost Management Plan

• 2.21 Activity Cost Estimates

• 2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet

• 2.23 Cost Baseline

• 2.24 Quality Management Plan

• 2.25 Quality Metrics

• 2.26 Process Improvement Plan

• 2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix

• 2.28 Roles and Responsibilities

• 2.29 Human Resource Management Plan

• 2.30 Communications Management Plan

• 2.31 Risk Management Plan

• 2.32 Risk Register

• 2.33 Probability and Impact Assessment

• 2.34 Probability and Impact Matrix

• 2.35 Risk Data Sheet

• 2.36 Procurement Management Plan

• 2.37 Source Selection Criteria

• 2.38 Stakeholder Management Plan

• 2.39 Change Management Plan


3.0 Executing Process Group:


• 3.1 Team Member Status Report

• 3.2 Change Request

• 3.3 Change Log

• 3.4 Decision Log

• 3.5 Quality Audit

• 3.6 Team Directory

• 3.7 Team Operating Agreement

• 3.8 Team Performance Assessment

• 3.9 Team Member Performance Assessment

• 3.10 Issue Log


4.0 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group:


• 4.1 Application Portfolio Management project Performance Report

• 4.2 Variance Analysis

• 4.3 Earned Value Status

• 4.4 Risk Audit

• 4.5 Contractor Status Report

• 4.6 Formal Acceptance


5.0 Closing Process Group:


• 5.1 Procurement Audit

• 5.2 Contract Close-Out

• 5.3 Application Portfolio Management project or Phase Close-Out

• 5.4 Lessons Learned


Results

With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any Application Portfolio Management project with this in-depth Application Portfolio Management Toolkit.

In using the Toolkit you will be better able to:


• Diagnose Application Portfolio Management projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices

• Implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals

• Integrate recent advances in Application Portfolio Management and put process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines


Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role; In EVERY company, organization and department.

Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'

This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Application Portfolio Management investments work better.

This Application Portfolio Management All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.

Includes lifetime updates

Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.