What it is for: Portfolio mapping is a way to review all the initiatives a team or organisation is running at once. You leave with a complete map of current initiatives, a short note on the portfolio's overall balance, and a recorded continue, change or stop decision with a reason for each.
Who it helps: Leaders and programme managers when every project is called a priority, budgets are being set, or many pilots compete to scale.
When to use it
When teams say they are overloaded and every project is called a priority.
At budget or planning time, to decide where people and money should go.
When an innovation programme has many pilots and you need to decide which to scale.
How to use it
Collect the real list of work, one card per initiative.
Agree what high, medium and low mean before placing anything.
Place each initiative by strategic fit and uncertainty, noting resource demand.
Step back and look at clusters, gaps and where the people are.
Decide continue, change or stop for each, and say who tells each team.
Tip: Count people as well as money. Time is usually the scarcer resource.
Credits and sources: Original Tiremesù worksheet and wording.
Full guide and film:https://www.tiremesu.com/guides/portfolio-mapping
