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title: Demand planning item form
description: Learn about the fields of the demand form. Use this form to create or edit the details of a planning item of the type Demand in Strategic Planning.
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# Demand planning item form

Learn about the fields of the demand form. Use this form to create or edit the details of a planning item of the type Demand in Strategic Planning.

These fields are displayed on the full details page of the planning item.

<table id="table_l4d_3vm_3tb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Brief description of the planning item.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Detailed information of the planning item.You can refine demand description using the Write planning item skill, if the ServiceNow Otto for SPM application is installed.

</td></tr><tr><td>

State

</td><td>

Current working state of the planning item.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Owner

</td><td>

User assigned to this planning item.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Planning state

</td><td>

State of the planning item in the Strategic Planning Backlog.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

Category of this planning item. Choose from **Strategic** or **Operational**.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Execution URL

</td><td>

Link to the demand's execution record in Next Experience for Demand Management.

</td></tr><tr><td>

MoSCoW

</td><td>

Priority of this planning item based on its importance. The available options are:-   **1 - Must have**
-   **2 - Should have**
-   **3 - Could have**
-   **4 - Won’t have**

</td></tr><tr><td>

Portfolio

</td><td>

Portfolio that this planning item is associated to.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Program

</td><td>

Program that this planning item is associated to.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Product

</td><td>

Product that this planning item is associated to.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Strategic program

</td><td>

Strategic program that this planning item is associated to.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Primary goal

</td><td>

Goal that is associated with this planning item as the primary goal.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Product enhancement

</td><td>

Product enhancement that this planning item is associated to.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Primary target

</td><td>

Target that is associated with this planning item as the primary target.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Work notes

</td><td>

Notes to capture the updates and discussions on the planning item as the work progresses.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Strategic priority

</td><td>

Strategic priority that this planning item is associated to.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Approved start date|Approved start date for this planning item.|
|Approved end date|Approved end date for this planning item.|
|Planned start date|Date on which the work for this planning item is planned to start. This value is copied from the **Approved start date** field.|
|Planned end date|Date on which the work for this planning item is planned to be complete. This value is copied from the **Approved end date** field.|

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Investment class|Choose from **Run** and **Change**|
|Investment type|Type of investment this planning item comes under. For example, if completing work on this item improves the user experience for your product, select **End User Experience**.|
|Priority|Priority of this planning item.|
|Business application|Business application that this planning item is related to.|
|Other impacted business applications|Business applications that this planning item has an impact on.|
|Business capabilities|Business capabilities of this planning item.|

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Business case|Business case to invest in this planning item.|
|Risk of performing|Risks to the business if work on this planning item is completed.|
|Risk of not performing|Risks to the business if work on this planning item isn’t completed.|
|Enablers|Enablers for this demand.|
|Barriers|Blockers, if any, for this planning item.|
|In scope|Defined criteria for this planning item.|
|Out of scope|Clearly defined criteria that is not necessary for this planning item.|
|Assumptions|Assumptions, if any, to work on this planning item.|

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Planned cost|Planned cost to take up this planning item.|
|Planned capEx|Planned capital expenditure for this planning item.|
|Planned opEx|Planned operational expenditure for this planning item.|
|Planned ROI|Planned return of investment for this planning item.|
|Financial return|Financial return on this planning item.|
|Planned benefit|Planned benefit from this planning item.|

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Impact|Impact that this planning item has on the business.|
|Risk|Numerical value for the risk associated with this planning item.|
|Value|Numerical value for the value obtained with this planning item.|
|Score|Score of the planning item.|

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