Tactical and Organic Enterprise Portfolio Planning and Adoption

This chapter introduces us to the last part of the book, as well as to the third pillar of the DevOps 360° operating model: rollout, accelerate, and scale. The chapter will start with an outline of the enterprise portfolio planning and adoption value proposition, which is indeed rich and multidimensional. We will continue by highlighting the importance of balancing your enterprise portfolio planning and adoption between what we will call tactical and organic approaches. Afterward, we will deep-dive into the tactical approach, and we will discuss its value proposition and its four main aspects. Starting by outlining the predominant tactical strategic domains for incumbents, we will complement those domains with important considerations. We will enrich these considerations with a list of differentiations you can use to ensure that the tactical adoption candidates cover your wide organizational DevOps context. Concluding...