2026-04-08 — Portfolio Map session
2026-04-08 — Portfolio Map session
Built out the Life Itself portfolio map: a complete, structured inventory of initiatives and projects with interactive visualizations. The main output is a shared picture of what we're working on, what's paused, and what's just an idea — ready to use as a basis for the team strategy session.
Main things done
- Fleshed out the full initiatives list — added ~20 new initiatives and projects across all areas; all have status and description set.
- Clarified the status model — five values:
active,maintenance,paused,idea,archived. Documented in the README. - Added grouping nodes (
category: grouping) — container initiatives rendered as hollow circles and excluded from counts, so status counts reflect real work only. See visualizations/README. - Redesigned visualizations (visualizations/portfolio-map.html, visualizations/portfolio-indented.html) — colour encodes type (blue/green/yellow), opacity encodes vitality, status filter toggles on both views.
- Clarified jobs to be done — documented in projects/2026-portfolio-map: two key questions, priority on Jobs 3 & 4 (strategic landscape + ideas pipeline) for the team session.
Still to do before team session
- Add
ownerfield to active initiatives. - A few initiative descriptions are still thin.