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Mastering Organizational Traction Or Portfolio Agility?
Organizational traction and portfolio agility are the same path. Why leaders pursuing either goal inevitably arrive at the need to manage a portfolio of investments with flow-based thinking.
Click image to open full sizeShould you focus on mastering organizational traction or on establishing portfolio agility?
Let me tell you a secret: In my experience, mastering organization traction involves realizing you have a portfolio of investments you’re managing.
So actually the paths converge…
The difference is that mastering organizational traction extends beyond the IT/Product world.
It intercepts business initiatives before becoming mandates for the technology organization.
It also manages non-digital developmental work (yes - some of that still exists!)
When people ask me which email course I should take—Mastering Organizational Traction or Product-oriented Portfolio Agility—I ask them about their context.
If they’re a product/tech leader trying to apply a product operating model in a multi-product context - I suggest the Product-Oriented Portfolio Agility Trail Map.
If they’re a chief of staff, CXO, or even a Product/Tech leader trying to work through a scaling up inflection point, Mastering Organization Traction is often a better starting point.
If you want help deciding where to start, see Portfolio Agility and Create a Business-level Operating System leveraging Agility.
About Yuval Yeret
Yuval is a rare practitioner who has shaped the agility path of dozens of organizations and influenced the frameworks used across the industry. He helps product and technology leaders move from agile theater to evidence-informed, outcome-oriented delivery that creates better value sooner, safer, and happier.