What is the value proposition of portfolio classification in the DevOps 360° evolution?

As we have mentioned in several parts of this book, the DevOps evolution will not be equally applicable across our portfolio. Relevance and speed are two terms that underpin the foundation of this book, guiding us toward understanding the fundamental differences in situations and sub-situations that arise in an incumbent bank context. Those situations and sub-situations are tightly interrelated with the nature of the incumbent’s portfolio of applications. Defining a mechanism for identifying relevance and speed criteria will add to the sophistication part of your evolution. In the first part of this chapter, we will uncover the aspects of portfolio classification in a DevOps context.

What do the terms portfolio and classification mean?

Let us start uncovering the terms by firstly defining them, starting with the term portfolio. In this book, with the term portfolio, we indicate...