Creating demands

This topic guides you on how to submit new Demands. For a quick introduction and life cycle of Demand Management, you can refer to Demand-Management-Overview. These operations can be performed by Demand Contributors, Demand Managers and Portfolio Managers.

To create a new demand

1. Log in Agility Suite application and select Create > Demand.

2. On the Create Demand page, enter the values for the following fields:

   Field Labels	Description
   Demand Summary	Enter a Summary of Demand which can describe the intention behind this Demand.
   Type	Portfolio, Project. Portfolio: a new portfolio is created when the demand is assessed, and demand requirements are copied into the new portfolio. Project: a new project is created (in the portfolio of the demand) when the demand is assessed, and demand requirements are copied in the portfolio of the demand.
   Attachments	You can associate attachments, and videos that will be in use to understand the demand.
   Description	This is a special type of field which supports basic formatting, images, tables, and hyperlink. You can enter details of the Demand or can add details if the Demand is generated from an idea.
   General - Portfolio	Portfolio to which demand belongs. If demand is a type portfolio, we recommend relating the demand to an Innovation portfolio.
   General - Priority	Critical, High, Medium, Low Priority of Demand.
   General - Corporate Alignment	Strategic, Operational  Strategic alignment means that all elements of a business-like market strategy are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfilment of its long-term purpose.  Operational Alignment means when people, systems, processes, and technology are properly positioned to support your strategies which in turn support your overall mission and goals
   General - Goal	Goals are the specific objectives for an organization for a specific period.  Demand Contributor can specify here which goal will be achieved as a part of the Demand.
   General - Strategy	It is a long-term plan on what to do to achieve a certain goal. Demand contributors can mention the details here as part of the Demand which will achieve the Product/Organization goal.
   General - Total Risk	The total risk of demand is 5, by default if no risks have been added. The key figure is always measured against the highest risk for the demand.
   General - Start Date	A Tentative Start Date can be entered.
   General - Target Date	Tentative Target Date of completion can be entered.
   Business Case - Justification	You should mention the reason and valid points from a business point of view which will give result in favour of the organization's goals.
   Business Case - Impact	Run, Reinvent. Run means Investments to maintain existing business. Reinvent means Business arguments that support demands. Here, an analysis of functions and assess the risks of this Demand
   Business Case - In Scope	Business scope is combined objectives and requirements which are needed to complete the project. You can define the scope of this Demand.
   Business Case - Business Services	All the business services are stored in shared services BMC Helix Innovation Studio. For example: ITSM Prod, SAP ERP Service, Self Service, VM-AD-AD2
   Business Case - Impacted Business Units	This has the list of organizations the companies. For example: Fleet Management, Fusion GBS, Global, Help Desk
   Business Case - Out of Scope	Any work which can go beyond the current scope should be defined for this Demand while taken into consideration.
   Business Case - Key Exception	This has key measures list which should be addressed to avoid a major impact.
   Business Case - Risk Summary	Short description of the associated risk to the business, when trying to fulfil the demand.
   Business Case - Risk of Doing Nothing	Short description of the risk of doing nothing instead of fulfilling the demand.

3. Click Save. The new demand is created and opened in Draft status.

To create a new demand from the portfolio

1. Log in to the Agility Suite application
2. Navigate to Portfolios.
3. To open a portfolio on the Portfolios workspace, click the required portfolio ID.
4. Go to the Demands tab, and click ''.

5. On the Create Demand blade page, enter the values for the following fields:  

   Field Labels	Description
   General - Summary	Enter a Summary of Demand which can describe the intention behind this Demand.
   General - Type	Portfolio, Project. Portfolio: a new portfolio is created when the demand is assessed, and demand requirements are copied into the new portfolio. Agile Project: a new Agile project is created in association with the portfolio of the demand when the demand is assessed, and demand requirements are copied into the portfolio of the demand. Phased Project: a new Phased project is created in association with the portfolio of the demand when the demand is assessed, and demand requirements are copied into the portfolio of the demand.
   General - Attachments	You can associate attachments, and videos that will be in use to understand the demand.
   Description	This is a special type of field which supports basic formatting, images, tables, and hyperlink. You can enter details of the Demand or can add details if the Demand is generated from an idea.
   General - Portfolio	The portfolio from where the demand is created. You cannot modify this value.
   General - Priority	Critical, High, Medium, Low Priority of Demand.
   General - Corporate Alignment	Strategic, Operational  Strategic alignment means that all elements of a business-like market strategy are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfilment of its long-term purpose.  Operational Alignment means when people, systems, processes, and technology are properly positioned to support your strategies which in turn support your overall mission and goals
   General - Goal	Goals are the specific objectives for an organization for a specific period.  Demand Contributor can specify here which goal will be achieved as a part of the Demand.
   General - Strategy	It is a long-term plan on what to do to achieve a certain goal. Demand contributors can mention the details here as part of the Demand which will achieve the Product/Organization goal.
   General - Total Risk	The total risk of demand is 5, by default if no risks have been added. The key figure is always measured against the highest risk for the demand.
   General - Start Date	A Tentative Start Date can be entered.
   General - Target Date	Tentative Target Date of completion can be entered.
   Business Case - Justification	You should mention the reason and valid points from a business point of view which will give result in favour of the organization's goals.
   Business Case - Impact	Run, Reinvent. Run means Investments to maintain existing business. Reinvent means Business arguments that support demands. Here, an analysis of functions and assess the risks of this Demand
   Business Case - In Scope	Business scope is combined objectives and requirements which are needed to complete the project. You can define the scope of this Demand.
   Business Case - Business Services	All the business services are stored in shared services BMC Helix Innovation Studio. e.g.: ITSM Prod, SAP ERP Service, Self Service, VM-AD-AD2
   Business Case - Impacted Business Units	This has the list of organizations the companies. e.g.: Fleet Management, Fusion GBS, Global, Help Desk
   Business Case - Out of Scope	Any work which can go beyond the current scope should be defined for this demand while taking into consideration.
   Business Case - Key Exception	This has key measures list which should be addressed to avoid a major impact.
   Financial - Total Cost	The first estimation of the total financial cost for the company.

6. Click Save. The new demand is created in Draft status.