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With the ServiceNow® Portfolio Management application, you can create portfolios which are collections of related programs, projects, and demands. You can then perform financial planning and monitor the status and progress of these portfolios.

You must have the it_portfolio_manager role to manage a portfolio. The Portfolio Management application provides these capabilities to the portfolio manager:

Create a portfolio by adding related programs, projects, and demands.
Perform annual portfolio planning by selecting demands, projects, and programs.
Track the progress and status of all the programs, projects, and demands that are part of the portfolio. You can track the costs, resources, schedules, risks, and issues.

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The following diagram provides an overview of Portfolio Management.

Features

Portfolio Management also provides the following features:

Portfolio workbench

The portfolio workbench provides a central location to view and monitor the progress of the program, the projects, and demands that are part of the portfolio. You can also perform annual portfolio planning, create budget and forecast plans for the portfolio.

Annual planning for the portfolio

The annual planning wizard is available in the portfolio workbench. The annual planning process comprises these steps:

Determine the overall cost requirements for the portfolio and set the target.
Select the demands and projects for a fiscal year based on the budget target and resource availability.
Create and promote a budget plan.
If required, re-promote the budget plan by performing a what-if analysis by adding or removing projects and demands before the budget is finalized.

Budget forecasting of the portfolio

Using the portfolio workbench, the portfolio managers can re-estimate (forecast) the portfolio budget for future periods based on the actual cost and changed project requirements.

Tracking of the portfolio

Once the financial planning is complete, portfolio workbench allows you to track the progress of a portfolio. This tracking includes the actual amount being spent against the budget, actual hours spent, risks, and issues.

Portfolio Manager dashboard

The Portfolio Manager dashboard provides a central location to generate different graphical reports of the portfolio and portfolio financials.

Scenario Planning

Install the Scenario Planning for PPM from ServiceNow Store to help the portfolio managers do a scenario-based portfolio planning with different combinations of demands and projects. Compare multiple scenarios in a portfolio and fund only those demands and projects that add financial value to the organization.

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Portfolio Management

You must have the it_portfolio_manager role to manage a portfolio. The Portfolio Management application provides these capabilities to the portfolio manager:

Create a portfolio by adding related programs, projects, and demands.
Perform annual portfolio planning by selecting demands, projects, and programs.
Track the progress and status of all the programs, projects, and demands that are part of the portfolio. You can track the costs, resources, schedules, risks, and issues.

The following diagram provides an overview of Portfolio Management.

Features

Portfolio Management also provides the following features:

Portfolio workbench

Annual planning for the portfolio

The annual planning wizard is available in the portfolio workbench. The annual planning process comprises these steps:

Determine the overall cost requirements for the portfolio and set the target.
Select the demands and projects for a fiscal year based on the budget target and resource availability.
Create and promote a budget plan.
If required, re-promote the budget plan by performing a what-if analysis by adding or removing projects and demands before the budget is finalized.

Budget forecasting of the portfolio

Using the portfolio workbench, the portfolio managers can re-estimate (forecast) the portfolio budget for future periods based on the actual cost and changed project requirements.

Tracking of the portfolio

Portfolio Manager dashboard

The Portfolio Manager dashboard provides a central location to generate different graphical reports of the portfolio and portfolio financials.

Scenario Planning

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