The outcome card keeps the business purpose visible as an opportunity moves through testing, investment, or deferral. Start it when the owner chooses a direction and update it after each decision. It gives the portfolio review a consistent account of what the company has committed and what should happen next.
- Business outcome:
- Friction addressed:
- Owner:
- Relevant map cells:
- Current maturity, or unassessed:
- Appropriate maturity, or not yet determined:
- Evidence and assumptions for maturity judgments:
- Provisional score position, if scored:
- Experiment or investment status:
- Committed cost:
- Attention required:
- Primary measure and range:
- Adoption measure:
- Next decision date:
- Sourcing choice, if made:
- Current decision:
- Alternatives deferred and reasons:
- Re-entry condition, if deferred:
- Person or date responsible for checking the re-entry condition:
- Final evidence and decision-record location:
Bring the current card to the quarterly review. Move completed or stopped work out of the active list while preserving its evidence and decision.