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    03 — Value stream · VS-180

    Strategy-to-Portfolio

    From setting direction to a funded, sequenced and governed portfolio of change, with architecture guidance that keeps each investment pointed at the same target. Where Demand-to-Change (VS-80) carries one technology change into production, this stream decides which changes deserve money at all and checks that the promised value arrived.

    • Strategy-to-Execution
    • Plan-to-Portfolio
    • Strategic Portfolio Management
    • Strategy-to-Value
    // FIG. 03 · Stage flow
    1Set Direction2Cascade Objective…3Shape & Appraise …4Fund & Balance Po…5Govern Delivery6Realize Benefits …
    1. 01

      Set Direction

      VS-180.10

      Analyze the forces acting on the enterprise, weigh the credible options and choose the few priorities that will receive attention and money first.

    2. 02

      Cascade Objectives & Target State

      VS-180.20

      Turn the priorities into dated objectives with owners and measures, and describe the target business and technology architecture they imply, with a roadmap to reach it.

    3. 03

      Shape & Appraise Proposals

      VS-180.30

      Collect proposals for change through one door, size their cost and benefit on a common financial basis, and test each against the principles and target state.

    4. 04

      Fund & Balance Portfolio

      VS-180.40

      Decide which proposals are funded, sequence them against the people and money available, and resolve dependencies and collisions before work starts.

    5. 05

      Govern Delivery

      VS-180.50

      Steer funded programs through consistent stage gates and honest status, review designs against the architecture, and prepare the people each change affects.

    6. 06

      Realize Benefits & Adjust

      VS-180.60

      Measure whether each investment delivered what it promised, review progress against the strategy on a cadence, and feed the answers into the next round of choices.