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Defining the Asset Hierarchy

In Planview Enterprise 12 to 14, contact your Planview representative regarding managing assets as you do other types of outcomes. In addition, contact your Planview representative if you are interested in learning specifics about our Enterprise Architecture solution.

For information on service portfolio management in Planview Enterprise 11.5, see the Getting Started Guide for Planview Enterprise 11.4, Service Portfolio Management Guide for Planview Enterprise 11.4, and the Administrator Guide for Planview Enterprise 11.4.

Summary

The asset hierarchy is a way to categorize and group assets that drive major business functions managed at a portfolio level. It is the underlying structure that supports asset portfolio management. 

The goal of the asset hierarchy is to establish a structure for grouping assets that are applicable to application and service portfolio management. This defines and categorizes the asset elements and the relationships between them. A typical hierarchical definition might be:

Level 1 Assets:

Level 2      Class:

Level 3        Sub-Class:

Level 4            Sub2-Class:

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