Now Try This

  • As you decide what to measure, consider what you need from the project and what you need to measure about the portfolio.

  • What will it take for your projects to report these measures?

  • What will you need to do to collect the portfolio measures?

  • What do you need to measure about your projects and your portfolio?

  • How will you present the data or ask the team to present their data?

Footnotes

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Yes, this is a measure that can be gamed. All you need to do is make the projects smaller, and you have more projects completed per unit time.

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