02 — Capability · BC-510.50
Portfolio Decision & Retirement
Make and record the formal decisions that add an offering to the portfolio, change its status or remove it, and see retirement through so customers are not left holding something nobody owns.
- Stage-Gate Governance
- Sunset Planning
In scope
- Go and no-go decisions at defined portfolio gates
- End-of-sale and end-of-life decisions
- Customer migration and communication plans for retired offerings
Out of scope
- Lifecycle status records and product data (see BC-540)
- Customer notification execution (see BC-450)
Decomposes into · 3
- BC-510.50.10Portfolio Gate DecisionsHold the decision points where an offering earns the right to move to the next stage of investment, or does not.
- BC-510.50.20Retirement PlanningDecide when an offering stops being sold and supported, and plan the sequence so revenue, contracts and customers are handled in the right order.
- BC-510.50.30Customer Transition PlanningDefine where customers of a retired offering go next and what the organization owes them along the way.