Get started with the Technology Manager user profile

Alfabet FastLane enables a single-source of truth about the technologies in your IT portfolio. All components should be documented to ensure that the technology portfolio is reliable to make good strategic decisions. You can add new components to the repository and maintain the data on components that are already in the system.

The Technology Manager user profile is for users who are responsible for capturing data relevant for technology portfolio management. A user with this user profile has the following permissions:

• Permissions to create new components in the Components data workbench
• Permissions to edit components displayed in the Components data workbench. All components assigned to authorized user groups that you are a member of will be visible.

  user group

  A user group determines the visibility of objects. One or more user groups may be granted authorized access to an object. The object is visible to all users assigned to a specified user group.

• Read-only permissions for referenced data. You will be able to see existing assets such as IT capabilities or applications that already exist in the repository. References to other objects can only be made if they already exist in the repository. For an overview of the dependencies between objects, see Data import and data capture

  IT capability

  An IT capability bundles and structures content-specific components necessary for the IT infrastructure of data center operations. Mainframe operations, database management, and backup and recovery procedures are examples of IT capabilities.

  application

  An application is a complete installation of a software offering a functionality to an end user. The application might consist of or require other technical components to run.

Users with the Technology Manager user profile can create new components and capture relevant details about a component. With the Technology Manager user profile, you can see existing references that components have to the applications that use them but you will not be able to specify these references. These are done by a user with either the Application Manager or Portfolio Manager user profile.