What You Need to Measure About the Portfolio
When you start gathering data to help your portfolio decisions, as in Decide to Commit, Kill, or Transform the Project, you might be able to more easily make a decision quickly. When the project teams know they will have to produce this data, they may be able to help you make the decisions too. I recommend you start with just the project portfolio burnup chart.
Remember, just as you can’t calculate ROI for a project as in Ranking Trap: Ranking with ROI, you can’t calculate ROI for the portfolio. But if you use a lean approach for the portfolio and an agile or lean approach for your projects, you don’t have to try. You’ll see value, or lack thereof, every time you evaluate the portfolio and can ...
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