storing in a computer memory an inventory data representing each of a plurality of computer resources available to an enterprise, wherein said inventory data includes, for each of said computer resources, a baseline set of current computer resource capabilities, wherein each of said computer resources has an associated state data representing its state within a life cycle state space including a develop state, a steady state and a dead state;

providing a set of enterprise strategic goals for transitioning the enterprise portfolio of computer resources;

translating said enterprise strategic goals into a set of future computer resource requirements for at least one of said computer resources;

forming an initial transition plan, comprising actions pertaining to at least one of said computer resources, for transitioning from said current computer resource capabilities to said future computer resource requirements, based on said current computer resource capabilities and said future computer resource requirements, wherein said actions include a retain action, a retire action and a restructure action, and wherein said actions transition the associated state data of said computer resource among states within said life cycle state space;

generating an optimized transition plan of actions pertaining to at least one of said computer resources for transitioning from said current computer resource capabilities to said future computer resource requirements, said generating including optimizing said initial transition plan; and

outputting the optimized transition plan,

wherein said translating said enterprise strategic goals into one or more future computer resource requirements is based on the expression

{S_j(Xⁱ_n,aⁱ_n)|0≤j≤K}

 where

n represents a specific time period among said N time periods,

S_j represents said future computer resource requirements,

Xⁱ_n represents the state, within said life cycle state space, of an i-th resource in said enterprise portfolio of computer resources at time n,

aⁱ_n represents an action applied to said i-th resource at time n and,

K represents a total number of said computer resources, and

wherein said optimizing said initial transition plan includes selecting a sequence of actions based on maximizing a business value for said enterprise portfolio of computer resources, wherein said maximizing bases the business value of each computer resource on:

the state of said computer resource within said life cycle state space,

a set of actions for transitioning said computer resource among states within said life cycle state space, and

a reward for each of said actions, wherein said reward is a cost associated with carrying out said action;

wherein said optimizing initial transition plan includes a backward inductive maximization to maximize said business value for said enterprise portfolio of computer resources based on the algorithm:

ā=(ā_n)|0≤n≤N)

where,

ā represents a portfolio transition plan as a set of portfolio actions for the an entire time horizon, each portfolio action being a set of actions, each action corresponding to at least one computer resource of said enterprise portfolio,

J^ā_N represents a cumulative adjusted business value,

N represents a number of time periods considered for said transition plan,

X^j_N represents an iterative state of a life cycle of an i-th resource in said enterprise portfolio of computer resources,

Z_n is a risk adjusted business value at each decision period, and

ā_n represents portfolio actions to be performed at the n-th time period.