Throughput-90: 90-Day Portfolio Readiness & Orchestration
Turn a list of approved initiatives into a realistic, deliverable portfolio — with capacity truth, sequencing, and guardrails.
Throughput-90 is a 90-day programme for organisations that have a lot of “good” initiatives on paper but aren’t confident they can deliver them all together. We help you see what is truly possible with the capacity you have, and where you need to slow down, stop, or change track.
Individually Sensible. Collectively Undeliverable.
Most portfolios are built one initiative at a time. Each has a sponsor and a business case. But collectively, they:
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Fight for the same scarce people
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Collide on dependencies and timelines
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Overrun realistic change and adoption capacity
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Create promise inflation with boards and investors
Throughput-90 exists to answer one hard question:
“Can we actually deliver all of this — and if not, what gives?”
From Slideware Portfolio to Deliverable Reality
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Portfolio Fit Map – how initiatives relate, conflict, and reinforce each other
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Capacity & constraints analysis – what’s realistically deliverable, by who, and when
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Sequencing & prioritisation – what moves first, what waits, what stops
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Partner & method normalisation – who does what, with which delivery method
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Guardrails & thresholds for scope, cost, value, and risk
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Execution blueprint – Phase-0 complete at portfolio level
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Partner input pack – so SIs and vendors don’t have to redo discovery from scratch
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A 90-Day Deep Dive into Portfolio Reality
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Collect existing initiative definitions (including Start-Right-30 outputs where available)
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Use Athena to map your portfolio across the O2O lifecycle
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Run cross-functional working sessions to surface constraints and conflicts
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Model alternative scenarios and sequencing options
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Agree and document the portfolio configuration and guardrails
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Ideal When You Have “Too Much Approved” and Not Enough Capacity
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You’ve already approved several large initiatives
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Delivery teams and BAU are under pressure
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You’re not sure what should slow down, stop, or change
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Your board wants a more grounded, defensible story
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Built on Start-Right-30. Feeding OpsMax.
Throughput-90 works best when major initiatives have been properly defined.
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Start-Right-30 gives you robust initiative definitions to feed into portfolio design.
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Throughput-90 uses those definitions to build a realistic, deliverable portfolio.
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OpsMax then keeps that portfolio honest over time.