← Portfolio frameworks in the Library

Historical article · Originally published

Adopt existing portfolio framework

Earlier writing, collected in the Library in October 2026. The original publication date is retained; this move does not update the technology, availability or performance claims. Any later revision is labelled in the article.

Earlier method · original note, 16 May 2020 · reading guidance revised 29 September 2026

This is the first of the three approaches in the portfolio-frameworks guide: start with a modular framework and select the practices that answer a management need.

Purpose

The map connects trigger events → business needs → portfolio responses → service areas. Read it from left to right as a way of discussing why a practice is needed. It is not a schedule, an executable process or evidence that the listed services were delivered.

An earlier map connects trigger events to business needs, proposed portfolio responses and service areas

Open the original map at full size. The diagram is retained unchanged.

For one small reading, find “Which programmes should I stop, start or continue?” in the business-needs column. Follow its arrow to “Choose programmes” in the portfolio-solutions column. That makes the proposed response visible; it does not yet specify the selection criteria, decision authority or evidence required.

Benefits

The original proposition was practical and modular: a framework assembled from experience across several portfolios could provide a starting point, with only the relevant modules adopted. The map helps expose the connection between a business need and a proposed practice. It does not establish that a particular selection is sufficient or effective.

What remains available

The map and this explanation remain public. The linked repository deliberately retains only the earlier folder structure and its explanation. Its former detailed framework, notebooks and supporting corpus are no longer in the current public copy.

Acknowledgements

Howard Lewis set out the event triggers and client needs. The retained diagram is the Rowland-and-Lewis mapping named in the original source.

Return to Portfolio frameworks · Library · Return to related Library material