7. vCloud Service Control : 7.1 vCloud Service Governance and Lifecycle Management : 7.1.3 Roles and Responsibilities : 7.1.3.1. Service Portfolio Manager
   
7.1.3.1. Service Portfolio Manager
The Service Portfolio Manager role is the “gatekeeper” for accepting proposed services and constituent service offerings into the overall portfolio of vCloud services. This role includes responsibility for:
*Developing service/service offerings analysis and acceptance criteria.
*Reviewing and accepting or rejecting service proposals.
*Continuously reviewing the overall portfolio of services for applicability and demand.
*Providing initial service/service offering demand information for vCloud capacity planning.
*Authorizing a service owner to define and develop, or retire, a service or service offering.