Project-specific calculations are important but can be optimistic and unrealistic. What’s more constructive is cross-project prioritization. Instead of sweating calculations, ensure your organization starts, completes, and prioritizes the right work.

Approximately weekly, every innovation workstream should produce status reports. It demonstrates momentum, transparency, and alignment.

Verb Sprawl is a real problem that slows teams down. In planning your team’s work, instead of governing meetings or emails, govern what is worth documenting outside email. Govern with just Five Verbs: Draft, Review, Revise, Approve, Distribute.

A project charter is pretty common. But rigor varies widely. A rigorous template ensures your ensemble asks and answers the right questions early.

Use Five Verbs to pace, synchronize, and assign building your project’s Asset Portfolio.