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Portfolio

Portfolio knowledge Portfolio knowledge covers how organizations decide what work belongs in the portfolio: intake, prioritization, funding, work-in-progress limits, and the decision rights behind them.

Guides

  • GuidePortfolio

    Agile portfolio management terms, defined

    A glossary of the agile portfolio management terms that carry real decisions, each defined in a sentence and linked to a full guide.

    Reviewed 7 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What are decision rights?

    Decision rights name who can approve, defer, reprioritize, or cancel work at each level, and what each of them can decide without escalating.

    Reviewed 6 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What are operational drivers?

    Operational drivers are the six things a portfolio operating system must govern: workflow, meetings, people, metrics, artifacts, and the tools pipeline.

    Reviewed 6 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What are WIP limits in a portfolio?

    Portfolio WIP limits cap how many initiatives may be active at once, set against the capacity an organization actually has rather than its ambition.

    Reviewed 6 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What is a measurable objective?

    A measurable objective is a goal restated so that a number, a date, and an owner make it falsifiable when the period ends.

    Reviewed 6 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What is a stability window?

    A stability window is the period a portfolio ranking stays fixed, plus the explicit conditions that can reopen it before that period ends.

    Reviewed 7 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What is a weighted scoring rubric?

    A weighted scoring rubric is a fixed set of criteria, each with a stated weight, applied to every candidate so scores compare across sponsors.

    Reviewed 6 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What is agile portfolio management?

    Agile portfolio management decides, funds, and adjusts initiatives on a steady cadence using real capacity and outcomes instead of an annual plan.

    Reviewed 3 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What is portfolio approval?

    Portfolio approval is the decision that an initiative may consume capacity, naming which teams, for how long, and what was deferred to make room.

    Reviewed 5 min read

  • GuidePortfolio

    What is portfolio commitment?

    Portfolio commitment is the organization agreeing to protect the capacity an approval assigned, for the length of the stability window.

    Reviewed 7 min read