Decide When to Review the Portfolio
You can plan for the adjustment in a portfolio review, but how often should you review the portfolio? Too often, and you aggravate everyone involved, because nothing has changed. Not often enough, and the projects underway have no relationship to the list of staffed and unstaffed work. Match the frequency of your portfolio review to your development style, and make sure that if you’re using a serial life cycle, you don’t wait until the end of any project.
If you’re using iteration boundaries for your projects, that’s a good time to review the portfolio. If you’re using a serial life cycle, review the portfolio at least quarterly to ensure the projects are still valuable. If you opt for more frequent reviews ...
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