Task: Categorize Components |
Categorize all components into work pipelines for further evaluation, selection, and prioritization.
Disciplines: Portfolio Management Tasks
Purpose
To ensure that components are processed in a consistent manner, using processes and techniques adapted to a particular work pipeline, so that portfolio-level balancing metrics and targets can be applied.
Main Description
This is the task where all qualified components are assigned to a specific work pipeline to be evaluated, selected, and prioritized. These can be among the work pipelines: Production support Application maintenance Strategic projects Each pipeline represents work of a different type and contains components that share common characteristics. Moreover, each pipeline is aligned with the organization's strategic planning process and is regulated by a predefined set of criteria and metrics. Work of different types warrant different levels of process and controls. For example, the data definition requirement for a support request differs from that of a strategic project. Re-categorize components as needed during the process, as more knowledge is built around each component.
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