# Recommendations

A Recommendation specifies a Portfolio Elements future based on analysis and assessments results. The pre-defined and extensible recommendations are:

* Consolidate
* Discontinue
* Introduce
* Optimize
* Outsource
* Replace
* Standardize
* Sustain

## Recommendation Field

The Recommendation field shows the latest updated recommendation.

## Recommendation Tab

The Recommendation Tab displays all available recommendations.

**A** – The New button opens the Recommendation Form to create a new Recommendation.

**B** – Shows the Recommendation.

**C** – Target date by which the Recommendation should be implemented. Typically, a project will execute the transformation, making it important to compare the Recommendation against the Internal Lifecycle of the Portfolio Element.

**D** – Optional description explaining the motivation behind the Recommendation.

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The list view can be extended to see the last update date and the person who has done the update.


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