Common readiness gate
Before evaluation, requirements are completed and signed across impacted functions; IT validates feasibility; the accountable leader reviews the plan; and the team completes the cost-benefit analysis and business case.
Original Axiom & Arc model · enhanced through Disciplined Agile
Enterprise Portfolio Acceleration
A portfolio should not force every idea through the same financial doorway—but every project should arrive decision-ready. This model combines a common readiness gate with two proportional evaluation tracks, then reunites both through capacity, evidence, and enterprise value.
Design principle
Match the governance burden to the nature of the value.
Investment track
Capital-intensive work uses full business cases, NPV, IRR, payback, risk adjustment, and formal funding gates.
Enablement track
Capability, data, automation, process, and operating-model work is evaluated through strategic alignment, time-to-value, readiness, and resource complexity.
Time-boxed decisions
Enablement funding advances in 90-day increments. Each increment must produce evidence, remove a constraint, or create a measurable capability.
Disciplined Agile layer
Choose the way of working based on context; visualize work in process; level capacity before approval; shorten feedback loops; and treat governance as a decision service, not a compliance ceremony.
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