Your Portfolio Reflects Your Influence Level

Your portfolio will reflect the work you influence. Without regard to your title, consider the level at which you work. That level depends on how much of a product you can produce by yourself and who makes the decision about who to assign to projects when.

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Even if you produce a whole product, as in the case of an agile team or even a program of agile teams, but you don’t have the ability to determine which project is number one, you’re a first-level manager for the purposes of the project portfolio.

As you read this book, think about your level so you can make the best decisions in your sphere of ...

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