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Dependency Management — Capture, Fix, and Avoid

A practical workshop for finding the dependencies that matter, solving their root causes, and improving the policies that create them.

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By Troy Magennis

Lesson 19 of 24 · Avoiding Dependencies with Better Management

Exercise: Document Current Portfolio and Cross-Team Policies

Make current decision policies explicit before refining how portfolio and cross-team coordination works.

Lesson notes

Document the current policies for the three decisions or headings at two levels: portfolio and cross-team coordination.

Start by recording how these decisions are made today, then add and refine. Simply making the current process visible creates value.

Example portfolio policy from the dependency-management exercise
Portfolio policy canvas from the dependency-management exercise
Example cross-team policy from the dependency-management exercise
Cross-team coordination policy canvas from the dependency-management exercise
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