Cultivate

Epic P4

Autonomous product strategy and portfolio

The organisation allocates effort across several opportunities and can stop work that is not earning attention.

Purpose

A product organisation can compare investments, account for opportunity cost and update a portfolio from results.

Current status

Research. This is beyond the first Slop Filter experiment and should follow repeated smaller loops.

Milestones

Research

Portfolio decisions can stop weak work

The organisation maintains several possible investments and can reduce, stop or combine work when evidence is poor.

Depends on: P3-M1, O2-M1

Evidence

Verified

Existing narrative and capability roadmap Google Doc

Read through an authorised Google Drive connector and restructured into site pages rather than copied wholesale. The source document link is not published.

Risks and open questions

Risks

  • Portfolio metrics can reward motion instead of useful outcomes.
  • A single-user product may not justify a large standing organisation.

Open questions

  • What minimum history is needed before portfolio allocation is meaningful?
  • When should the organisation decide to do nothing?

Linked Wardley components

  • Autonomous product organisations

Next steps

  • Do not build this layer until a smaller decision loop is measured.