For IT portfolio managers
Every software demand in one place, from intake to decision.
Northmap gives software demands a single route: a structured request, a reuse check against your application portfolio, a scored comparison with the market and a recorded decision. You see where each demand stands and what was decided.
What makes the portfolio hard to steer
Demands arrive through email, meetings and side conversations. The portfolio hears about them late.
- No single list of demands
- Requests come by email, in steering meetings or straight from a vendor. Nobody can say what was asked, by whom, and where it stands.
- Duplicates surface after the contract
- A second tool for the same need is often found at renewal or in the budget round, when it is too late to reuse what was already there.
- Inventory answers are self-reported
- Application owners fill in forms about what their application covers. The answers are incomplete and out of date by the time they come back.
What changes with Northmap
Demands, the application portfolio and decisions live in the same tool.
One intake, one list
Every request becomes a demand with a title, priority, owner and status. The demand list shows what is open, what is under review and what was decided.
Reuse checked at the start
When a demand comes in, Northmap searches your application portfolio by meaning, not by keyword, and ranks what you already run next to market products.
Candidates tracked to the end
Each candidate moves through clear stages: suggested, RFI sent, demo, proof of concept, negotiation, compliance review, then selected or rejected.
A portfolio you can query
Import your applications from a spreadsheet or tool export. Then ask in plain words which applications are being retired or which projects are red, and see the records behind the answer.
Already in your landscape
Reuse- ContractHub76% match
In production · Legal
Covers clause library and approvals
- Legal document library41% match
In production · Legal
Stores contracts, no approval workflow
On the market
Buy- CLM suite A88% match
Contract lifecycle management
Full CLM with e-signature
- CLM suite B81% match
Contract lifecycle management
Strong workflow, EU hosting partial
Every demand at a known stage
The demand list shows each request with its status, owner and decision. The pipeline is visible without asking around.
- 01DraftThe request as the requester wrote it, with any attached brief.
- 02Use casesUse cases and ranked requirements, drafted by Northmap and checked by your team.
- 03ResearchInternal and market candidates found, scored and questioned.
- 04ReviewEach review domain reads the pre-read and signs.
- 05DecidedThe outcome, the rationale and the options ruled out, in the decision log.
See Northmap on one of your real demands
Bring a request you are working on. In 30 minutes we show you the requirements, the reuse and market options, and how the decision would be recorded.