Product Strategy & Portfolio Prioritization (HVHR)
Prioritize by value and risk, unify backlogs, and fund what matters.
End the “everything is priority one” cycle. We implement a clear, repeatable High-Value / High-Risk (HVHR) decision model so leaders can choose the right bets, sequence work across one unified backlog, and fund the portfolio that creates measurable outcomes.
What this solves
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- Fragmented backlogs, conflicting priorities, and date-driven commitments
- Features shipped with unclear value or hidden technical risk
- Funding spread too thin across teams and projects
- Slow, political prioritization meetings without evidence
How HVHR works (in practice)
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- Define Value & Risk for your context (business outcomes, member/customer impact, regulatory, tech risk, delivery risk).
- Score consistently with lightweight criteria and evidence (KPIs, cost of delay, dependencies, risk exposure).
- One Backlog across products/initiatives with clear lanes:
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- Do Now: High Value / High Risk (de-risk early)
- Do Next: High Value / Low Risk
- Selective: Low Value / Low Risk
- Stop: Low Value / High Risk
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- Cadenced portfolio reviews (30–60 min) that change funding and sequence—based on data, not opinions.
What We do
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- Product Strategy Clarification: outcomes, value hypotheses, North Star metrics, and guardrails.
- Portfolio Operating Model: decision rights, roles (PM vs. Sr. PM), intake, and WIP limits.
- Prioritization Framework: HVHR definitions, scoring rubrics, and tie-ins to benefits, risk, and compliance.
- Backlog Unification: migrate/consolidate into one portfolio view (Jira/Targetprocess/Azure DevOps).
- Funding Alignment: shift from project budgets to product/value-stream funding with kill/continue criteria.
- Enablement: playbooks, facilitation kits, and coaching for executives, PMs/POs, and teams.
Deliverables
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- HVHR Playbook (PDF/Doc): value & risk definitions, scoring rubric, examples, and workshop scripts.
- Unified Portfolio Board with lanes, WIP limits, and review cadence configured in your tool.
- Prioritization Scorecard (dashboard): cost of delay, value points, risk exposure, P50/P85 predictability.
- Operating Guardrails: intake checklist, “stop/start/continue” rules, and decision RASCI.
- 90-Day Action Plan: sequenced changes, owners, milestones, and success metrics.
Metrics that move
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- Higher value throughput (features tied to measurable outcomes)
- Cycle time down; predictability up (P50/P85)
- Escaped defects and rework down via earlier risk reduction
- Funding concentration on top-quartile bets; clear stop list for the rest
Engagement model
- Diagnostic (2–3 weeks): portfolio scan, interviews, data pull, and initial HVHR pilot.
- Rollout (6–10 weeks): unify backlogs, stand up cadence, coach leaders & PM/POs, align funding.
- Assure & Improve (quarterly): tune scoring, adjust WIP/funding, and publish outcomes.
Tools & environments
Works with Jira, Aha!, Basecamp, DevRev, Asana, Azure DevOps (and your BI stack). Minimal overhead; maximum clarity.
Ready to fund what matters and build with confidence?
Book a Portfolio Prioritization Diagnostic.