Collect and validate all required portfolio decision support information,
ensuring that all data is current and available across all dimensions
of the portfolio, driving reporting and analysis steps carried out during
the task of monitoring the portfolio and conducting reviews.
The data gathered and validated is relative to all authorized components within
the portfolio that are currently being executed, including the following data:
- Expected deliverables, products, or features
- Planned milestones or stage gates
- Requirements or artifacts progression and completion compared to the plan
- Use case completion and backlogs
- Resource use and availability (people and facilities)
- Portfolio metrics and measures (performance and quality)
- Project or program health and indicators
- Project schedule and cost compared to the plan
- Change requests, risks, and issues
Use supporting data review cycles while monitoring and controlling your portfolio.
These cycles include daily team status and assignments, weekly project updates,
monthly product reviews, and quarterly executive reviews. The collection
and aggregation of data (in support of those distinct but connected cycles) are
ongoing processes that produce specific deliverables and reports at
particular points in time of the overall portfolio review cycle.
The main outcome of this task is the production of solid and reliable data that
drives timely, effective, and high-quality decisions by all portfolio stakeholders.
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