{"id":22620,"date":"2018-08-08T15:24:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T20:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/waterfall-charts-for-portfolio-management\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T12:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:24:25","slug":"waterfall-charts-for-portfolio-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/waterfall-charts-for-portfolio-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing and Contrasting with Waterfall Charts &#8211; Enrich Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><\/figure>\n<p>We&#x2019;ve mentioned waterfall charts in several blog posts, notably posts that focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enrichconsulting.com\/2017\/09\/11\/scenario-analysis-portfolio-management-video\/\">scenario<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enrichconsulting.com\/2016\/02\/17\/7-views-of-project-portfolio-variance\/\">variance<\/a> analysis. Because we have a number of different ways to generate waterfall views within Enrich Analytics, creating a video that describes &#x2018;all the waterfalls&#x2019; has been on our to-do list for some time.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the video for yourself, below. It&#x2019;s a good refresher, even for those who have used the Enrich Analytics Platform or Enrich Viewport for years.<span id=\"more-13923\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a portfolio of more than a few dozen initiatives, it can be impossible for executives to undertake a detailed review of every change in every initiative since the last portfolio review. Waterfall charts are a great way to visually summarize quantitative changes in a medium-to-large sized R&amp;D or product portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Waterfall charts are useful for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comparing two portfolio investment plans and demonstrating how they differ in cost or value by region, technology, or division.<\/li>\n<li>Highlighting changes in cost, risk, or value to a portfolio since the last portfolio review<\/li>\n<li>Comparing division or regional contributions to revenue or cost growth over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-alignleft\" style=\"--awb-max-width:800px;--awb-max-height:450px;--awb-width:100%;\">\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EtLmJHDgooc?wmode=transparent&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p>Final waterfall fun fact: Some people call waterfall charts Mario charts because, well&#x2026;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13925\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13925\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"353\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/enrich-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/09-mario-world-8.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-13925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Mario_World\">Super Mario World<\/a> or waterfall chart?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#x2019;ve mentioned waterfall charts in several blog posts, notably posts that focus on scenario and variance analysis. 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