As part of the portfolio management plan, you have the "Manage Strategic Change" and the "Change Control and Management". This is causing issues to one of your team's junior portfolio managers as she cannot understand the difference. In your opinion, what is the difference between both?
Managing risk is key to the success of any initiative. Risk is considered to be inherent in any activity we do in project management and at any level. You are currently assessing risk against multiple criteria and classifying them as part of developing the risk management plan. Which of the below reflects what you are doing?
One of your portfolio team members is confused on the reason behind using the three processes: Define Portfolio, Optimize Portfolio, Authorize Portfolio and Manage Portfolio value. For him, we can skip a couple of processes. He came to you for advice. What should be your response to him?
Assume you work in a weak matrix structure in your pharmaceutical company in which most of the program and project managers are coordinators, and most of the staff that supports them are in functional organizations. On some high priority programs, staff may be dedicated to the program full time for a short time period; however, operational work often takes precedence especially in manufacturing. The demand for some of the pharmaceutical products often outpaces the available supply, and shelf life is short. These fluctuations of resources then:
Communication requirements are analyzed and documented in the portfolio communication management plan to be used by other processes as needed. Which of the processes use this information in order to provide accurate information in a timely manner?
You have been assigned as the manager for a major transformation portfolio in your company. You have a new direction in sight and you need to work with the team handle this strategic change. Which of the following can serve as input here?
Some of your Stakeholders reported to you that they are not receiving status reports and other regular information on the Portfolio progress. This has caused a big issue with the governance board and they requested an immediate resolution. You have already analyzed the stakeholders and prepared the communication matrix; what is your best course of action in this case?
Assume you have been asked to prepare the portfolio management plan as you are on the staff of your company's Chief Portfolio Officer. In this plan, you will describe the different methods or approaches that your company will use to manage different types of components in the portfolio as specified in the:
In a portfolio, data is an abundant asset, and managing the information aiming for a better decision making is critical. Which of the following help you with managing the portfolio value?
Assume you are the corporate portfolio manager for your global organization. There is one portfolio at the corporate level, but other portfolios supporting business units and core areas of the company. One of these portfolios involves manufacturing, and its number one program in terms of priorities is to implement an enterprise resource planning system. Since it is the number one ranked program in this portfolio, it is of interest at the corporate level, and you and your team provide reports on its progress monthly. You can see that:
