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Capabilities and vendors

Capabilities describe what your business does; vendors and software describe what your applications are built on.

Capabilities

  • A capability map in up to three levels (for example Finance → Financial Accounting → Accounts Payable), each with a code, description, tier and owner.
  • Link applications to capabilities on the application's Capabilities tab, or in bulk with import. AI suggestions can propose mappings for you to accept.
  • Capabilities are APM+ records: create, edit, clone and delete them on the Capabilities page. A capability with sub-capabilities can't be deleted until they're moved or deleted.

Realisation grid

Capabilities against the applications that realise them, coloured by tier. It shows gaps (a capability nothing supports) and overlaps (several applications doing the same job: candidates for consolidation). Filter it by lifecycle status or scenario.

Vendors and software

  • Vendors are APM+ records with a website, description and notes. Choose an application's vendor and product on its Overview tab.
  • Software belongs to a vendor: name, version, type (application or tech stack), deployment (SaaS, on-premises, hybrid), category and its support dates (release, primary, extended and sustaining support end).
  • APM+ includes an end-of-life catalogue of common commercial software with published support dates. Catalogue records are read only and kept up to date by APM+; add your own software alongside them.

Obsolescence (end of support)

The Obsolescence page shows every component your live applications use, its support stage (fully supported, approaching end of support, extended, sustaining only, out of support, or no dates) and a risk level, with a timeline of upcoming milestones and the applications affected.

Alerts: when switched on (APM+ settings → Obsolescence alerts), APM+ raises a Jira ticket in the project you choose as components approach a support milestone (365, 180, 90 and 30 days before, and when support lapses), and can add the affected applications' Business Owners as watchers.

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