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Definitive Pro offers features such as AI-Assisted Decision Models, Cost-Benefit-Risk Trade-Off Analysis, and Custom Business Roadmapping. These tools help ensure that your investment decisions are aligned with strategic goals, maximizing the overall benefit of your project portfolio.
Conducting an alternatives analysis involves a six-step process: Planning the analysis, building the evaluation model, identifying alternatives, evaluating them, comparing the alternatives, and reporting the results. This process helps identify the best alternative by assessing benefits, costs, and risks.
To build a roadmap, navigate to “Roadmaps” under the “My” section, click “Create Roadmap,” and enter the relevant details. You can categorize your projects and ideas, add milestones, and assign owners. The roadmap can be customized, printed, and saved for future reference.
Definitive Pro leverages AI in several ways, including AI-Assisted Decision Models, AI Personas for Pairwise Comparisons, and AI-Assisted Business Cases. These features streamline the decision-making process by providing data-driven insights, expert opinions, and comprehensive business case analyses.
The key financial metrics in Definitive Pro include Return (profit or net cash flow), Return on Investment (ROI), Payback Period, Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). These metrics help evaluate the financial viability of projects and compare different investment opportunities.
Before requesting resource estimates, ensure the “Solution Approach” tab is completed, and the “Key Planning Milestones” are updated. Then, navigate to the “Resource Estimate” tab, select the necessary resources, and click “Request Estimate.” You can track the status of the estimates under the “Show Resources” field.
In Definitive Pro, an “Alternative” refers to any potential investment, such as a business need, capital request, or project request. To configure the list view of alternatives, navigate to the list, click “Actions,” and select “Configure View.” You can customize which fields are visible and set filters for the alternatives displayed.
To add an idea, go to the “Projects” section within your desired portfolio, click “Add Project,” and fill out the necessary fields, including the Governance Board, Sponsoring Business Unit, and Business Priority. Save the idea by selecting “Idea for now.” The idea will only be visible to you unless added to a custom roadmap.
To generate a business case report, navigate to the list of alternatives, select the relevant alternative, and click the “Actions” button in the upper-right corner. Choose “Report,” select the pages you wish to include, and click “Run Report.” The report will be saved to your “Downloads” folder. You can generate multiple reports at once by selecting multiple alternatives.
To log in to Definitive Pro using Okta, ensure that you have been added to the appropriate Active Directory group by your Microsoft AD administrator and that your Definitive Pro administrator has created your account using your enterprise email. Once both steps are completed, you can log in through your Okta portal. If prompted, acknowledge any system notification screens before accessing your dashboard.
