Portfolio managers tend to use the efficient frontier analysis as a modeling approach that gives decision makers the analytical tool to optimize portfolios given resource constraints such as risk. Consider that your company is risk-averse, on which side of the efficient frontier curve should the undertaken portfolios lie?
While a variety of prioritization approaches are available and are useful in portfolio management and many software packages support the various approaches, it is important to recognize:
Developing the Portfolio Management Plan is a major step in a Portfolio and for a Portfolio Manager. You are currently developing this plan and having focus groups and brainstorming activities during which you are using mind-maps diagrams to organize the idea into logical groupings. Which of the below are you using?
While managing portfolio communications, the portfolio manager needs to account for the communication needs of the component teams in order for them to stay in the loop of the big picture. Which of the following can be of interest to this group of stakeholders?
When we talk about portfolios, programs and projects, it is inevitable to mention the business value which is the sum of tangible and intangible assets of an organization, also known as the net quantifiable benefit. When it comes to business value, at which level of the organization is the Business Value achieved?
One of the major steps for a portfolio manager is to know which components qualify to be included in the mix of components that will achieve the strategic objectives sought by the portfolio. As a program manager, you will use a variety of methods to help you achieve this purpose. Which of the following are valid tools and techniques?
ecause your company's Portfolio Review Board consists of the Directors of its five business units and is chaired by the CEO, the meetings tend to be contentious as there is limited funding available to authorize all the proposed programs and projects. Dissension also is the norm if resources are reallocated from one business unit to another. As a result, the CEO:
You are managing a complex portfolio with high risk levels due to emerging technological breakthroughs and a short benefit window to market your product. You know that managing risk is key to success and you are coaching your team on the same. One of your team members came to you asking about the order of the steps used to perform risk management activities. What should be your answer to him?
As the portfolio manager you have worked to consider the complexities involved of the interdependencies in your programs, projects, and ongoing work. As your portfolio process has been implemented for three years, a key challenge is that senior executives tend to change priorities often even though programs and projects are being implemented. Often these programs and projects are cross-functional, and the result is your process is not coordinated. You recognize there is a need to change, and you met with the Chair of the Portfolio Review Board and have her support for a transparent approach for portfolio standards and prioritization. You should:
You are the portfolio manager in a large organization including a diversity of stakeholders. From the start, you knew the importance of correctly managing the stakeholders requirements and concerns and you grouped them in order to
