{"id":892,"date":"2019-09-29T16:55:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/?p=892"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:32:49","slug":"portfoliobl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/en\/portfoliobl\/","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio Backlog, Portfolio Cycle Backlog &#038; Portfolio Kanban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The top level of the Backlogs of the P4 framework, the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/rportfoliolevel\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio and Organizational level<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , describes all <a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/application\/\">Applications and market variants of the Systems and Products<\/a> to be develped in the entire Organization. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Each of these variants is described by a set of <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/systemreq\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">System Requirements<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> (feature set).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In this way, the Application, systems &amp; products to be developed (= Portfolio Backlog elements) can <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">be<\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> estimated against each other <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">both with regard to the <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Benefits<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> (or added values) and the <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Effort<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> to be invested <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This is done by using the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/upswing-gravity-field\/\"><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Upswing Gravity Field<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Portfolio Backlog roughly corresponds to the project portfolio of a traditional organization.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Backlog<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Each Organization has exactly <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">one<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> Portfolio Backlog <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">for its area of \u200b\u200bresponsibility and tasks <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">It is broken down into the elements of the Cluster Backlogs of all Clusters, ie for products, systems and applications of the Organization. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Portfolio Backlog is the <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">responsibility and prioritization <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">of the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterpogroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Product Owner Group (CPOG)<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Cluster Product Owner Group consists of the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterpo\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster Product Owners<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> and the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioowner\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Owner of the Organization.<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A large part of the Portfolio Backlog is <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">derived from the business strategy <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">by the Cluster Product Owner Group and the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/sysarchgroup\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cluster System Engineer Group<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The other part of the Portfolio Backlog consists of work and measures that the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/rportfoliolevel\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Organization<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> carries out to improve the quality of work and results, e.g.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Quality measures and improvement of the organizational process<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Maintenance of the products, systems and Modules responsible for the Organization (aka PLM)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Maintenance and servicing of tools.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In order to make the work speed of the Organization more predictable, the proportion of backlog entries derived from the Organization vision should be relatively stable over time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Cycle Backlog\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Cycle Backlog reflects the work of an Organization for a currently running <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/cycle\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cycle<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The estimated work, ie Backlog elements, are pulled from the CSEG into the Portfolio Cycle Backlog in the Cluster Planning and thus scheduled for the next Cycle (forecast).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1452\" src=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/iteration-backlog-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/iteration-backlog-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/iteration-backlog-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/iteration-backlog-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/iteration-backlog-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/iteration-backlog-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/iteration-backlog.png 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Portfolio Kanban<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If the Organization works in Kanban-mode on the portfolio level, it uses a Portfolio Kanban Board instead of the Portfolio Cycle Backlog. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The first column corresponds to the Portfolio Backlog and the last column to the status &#8220;Done&#8221;. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">All other columns are defined by the Organization&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/csmgroup\/\">Cluster Scrum Master Group<\/a>, according to the Organization&#8217;s internal work process.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1458\" src=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/kanban-board-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/kanban-board-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/kanban-board-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/kanban-board-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/kanban-board-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/kanban-board-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/kanban-board.png 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Example of a Profolio Board<\/h3>\n<p>Each column represents a Portfolio Cycle (a quarter of the year), in which all of the organization\u2019s work on various products is displayed as <a href=\"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolio-backlog-item\/\">Porfolio Backlog Items<\/a> (cards), including effort estimates. The <a href=\"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/velocity\/\">velocity<\/a> is shown at the bottom. It helps in forecasting future quarters.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to allow for sufficient flexibility to ensure there is capacity for unpredictable work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4468 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Cluster_Planning_with_velocity1-1024x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Cluster_Planning_with_velocity1-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Cluster_Planning_with_velocity1-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Cluster_Planning_with_velocity1-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Cluster_Planning_with_velocity1-1536x899.png 1536w, https:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Cluster_Planning_with_velocity1-2048x1199.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Further suitable links:<\/p>\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" >\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Events<\/td>\n<td>Roles<\/td>\n<td>Groups<\/td>\n<td>Artifacts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolio-planning\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Portfolio Planning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisation-sync\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Organisation Sync<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfoliorefinement\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Portfolio Refinement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolio-review\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Portfolio Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisations-retrospektive\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Organisation Retrospective<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioowner\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Portfolio Owner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioarch\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Portfolio Architect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/organisationsm\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Organisation Scrum Master<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterpogroup\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Cluster Product Owner Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/sysarchgroup\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Cluster System Engineer Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/csmgroup\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Cluster Scrum Master Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/org-management\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Organisation Management Circle<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/teambl\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Team Backlog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/clusterbl\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Cluster Backlog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioproduct\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Systems &amp; Applications<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/applications\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">System Platforms &amp; Variants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfoliodod\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Organisation DoD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/p4dev.hardscrum.com\/portfolioimprovementbacklog\/\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Organisation Improvement Backlog<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top level of the Backlogs of the P4 framework, the Portfolio and Organizational level , describes all Applications and market variants of the Systems and Products to be develped in the entire Organization. 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