A previous Best Practices Paper focused on the transition to mature portfolio management. But a maturity model is just the beginning: the real challenge arises when portfolio management becomes part of daily practice. Then it’s all about making choices with limited capacity, discussing what takes priority, and accepting that not everything can be done at once.

During our Healthcare Inspiration Afternoon, portfolio professionals discussed this practice with one another. Five lessons emerged from those discussions regarding choices, capacity, and support, which we have compiled in this paper.

This paper helps you put portfolio management into practice, covering familiar topics such as making choices transparent, capacity management at the tactical level, and the role of tools. It provides practical guidance on how to make portfolio management work not only as a model but also as a day-to-day practice.

The content of this Best Practices Paper consists of:

▪ Introduction
▪ Saying “no” requires an explainable value framework
▪ Shortcuts only disappear once you make them visible
▪ Strategic planning starts with tactics
▪ Stopping is also portfolio management
▪ Tools only work if the process remains the guiding principle

The Best Practices Paper is 9 pages long.

You’ll receive five practical lessons to help you incorporate portfolio management into your daily practice.