Manage Your Project Portfolio, 2nd Edition

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When I work with people trying to manage their project portfolios, they almost always want to know one thing: When will this project end so we can start the next project?

Those are actually two different pieces of data. One is this project’s end. The other piece of data is when the other project can start.

You can end projects because

• The team met the release criteria. (This is a project decision.)

• There is less value in this project’s backlog than another project’s backlog. (This is a project portfolio decision.)

• The project needs some form of transformation. This might be because the market has changed, or the customers’ needs have changed so much the project is no longer what you thought it was. (This is a project portfolio ...