Problem
A company that explores many opportunities needs to know, at any moment, what stage each one is at, what evidence supports it and what was decided.
Objects
| Object | Holds |
|---|---|
| Opportunity | Source, date, description, accountable lead, current gate |
| Evidence | Findings with strength labels and sources |
| Gate review | The question, evidence presented, decision and date |
| Route | Product, client project, institutional project, partnership, venture, pause or stop |
| Decision log | Every decision, what it replaced and who made it |
Gates
Explore → Research → Validate → Prototype → Pilot → Commercial decision → route → Scale, pause or stop. Each gate has evidence requirements and stop conditions written down in advance.
Rules encoded in the system
- Every meaningful opportunity has one accountable lead.
- Nothing changes category without a recorded decision.
- Stopping is a valid outcome and is recorded with what was learned.
- Paused items carry a review date.
Status
This is the method OceanBlu uses to run its own portfolio. The register itself is internal.