Commonwealth Technology Portfolio

Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP)

The Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) is a cloud-based portfolio and project management solution, and is hosted on the Planview platform.

The CTP Planview Portfolios solution enhances the ability to track, record and manage the Commonwealth’s portfolio of IT investments to include both projects and procurements while integrating business and technology planning. Planview Portfolios supports optimization of all resources while delivering products, services and customer experiences to achieve maximum business performance.

The CTP Planview Enterprise Architecture solution is being implemented as an enterprise architecture single source of information.

Browsers and access

Which browsers work best to access CTP?

Recommended browsers

Recommended browsers are Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome (latest versions)

Planview E1, the current CTP management tool, does not support use of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How to do I access the CTP?

Accessing the CTP

Licensed CTP users with an active Commonwealth of Virginia (COV) email address, can access the CTP from their Okta home screen. If users do not have an active COV email address (for example “xxxxx@agency.virginia.gov”), and do not use Okta for single sign on (SSO), a URL will be provided for access. Please contact the CTP administrators if this URL has been misplaced.

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How to Request Access to CTP

The Commonwealth uses Okta to access CTP. Here is how to request access.

How to Request User Changes in CTP

Things change, we get it. Here is how to request user changes in CTP.

How to Request Deactivation of any user in CTP

How to conserve state resources if a user no longer needs to access CTP.

Trouble Accessing CTP

What to do if you have having problems with your access.

What's new with the CTP?

The latest CTP (previously known as Portfolio and Resource Management/ PRM) documents and training materials can be found in this section.

The process

IT Investment Management (ITIM) is the structured process the Commonwealth uses to manage technology investments, to ensure IT aligns with business needs and to maximize return on investments. Training materials include an overview of ITIM and information on the ITIM Standard.

These manuals provide the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) instructions.

VITA instruction on how to use the portfolio application to manage information technology investments which includes IT strategic planning information, project management templates, information, status reporting and procurements.

Documentation

For CTP Job Aids visit the VITA Service Portal.

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