Assume before you prepared your portfolio management plan for your company that you did some benchmarking and learned that if you used elicitation techniques it was useful in the portfolio development stage and before there were significant scope changes because of strategy changes to the portfolio. You decided to involve the Portfolio Review Board members, other key stakeholders, and some subject matter experts in this process and then decided to poll input from the group as a majority vote.
Assume before you prepared your portfolio management plan for your company that you did some benchmarking and learned that if you used elicitation techniques it was useful in the portfolio development stage and before there were significant scope changes because of strategy changes to the portfolio. You decided to involve...
Consider that your company is risk-averse, on which side of the efficient frontier curve should the undertaken portfolios lie?
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?A . Below...
Which document do you, as a portfolio manager, update to reflect the change to the timeline?
Your company got recently acquired by another company and the strategic directions which your portfolio is based on have been changed . Which document do you, as a portfolio manager, update to reflect the change to the timeline?A . Communication Management PlanB . Portfolio Management PlanC . Portfolio Strategic PlanD...
Assume you are managing the corporate portfolio for your company noted for many products primarily focused on farm equipment. Recently it has diversified into other markets especially with the economic downturn in the country. While many of the traditional products are in the portfolio as new features are added to enhance customer satisfaction, one of the new product lines is a high-profile program that is ranked number five in the corporate portfolio. As the portfolio manager, you know this program has several interdependencies with other projects and programs, and recently this high-ranked program has experienced difficulties as needed technology is not available externally, and internal staff lacks the needed competencies to develop it. Its termination will be discussed at Friday's Portfolio Board meeting.
Assume you are managing the corporate portfolio for your company noted for many products primarily focused on farm equipment. Recently it has diversified into other markets especially with the economic downturn in the country. While many of the traditional products are in the portfolio as new features are added to...
Which of the following is considered the best approach to take?
In managing strategic change, the portfolio manager performs stakeholder analysis in order to consider the changing requirements. One of the key stakeholders expressed concerns about the lack of recognition of the value contribution of his department. The portfolio manager is not convinced with the level of value contribution . Which...
You are managing a big portfolio and have a lot of stakeholders, whether external or internal. You know that stakeholder engagement is crucial to the success of the portfolio and realize that in order to have proper stakeholders engagement you will need to
You are managing a big portfolio and have a lot of stakeholders, whether external or internal. You know that stakeholder engagement is crucial to the success of the portfolio and realize that in order to have proper stakeholders engagement you will need toA . Update your communication management planB ....
You have already created portfolio scenarios (what-if analysis) by reviewing components against prioritization criteria and using analysis techniques (e.g., options analysis, risk analysis, SWOT analysis, financial analysis). You now want to recommend portfolio scenario(s) and related components, based on prioritization analysis/criteria. You are doing this in order to
You have already created portfolio scenarios (what-if analysis) by reviewing components against prioritization criteria and using analysis techniques (e.g., options analysis, risk analysis, SWOT analysis, financial analysis). You now want to recommend portfolio scenario(s) and related components, based on prioritization analysis/criteria. You are doing this in order toA . Provide...
Which of the following capability and capacity analysis is used to just limit the number of components the organization can execute?
You are managing a portfolio in a functional organization and resources are shared between operations and projects. You are continuously performing capability and capacity analysis in order to optimize the portfolio . Which of the following capability and capacity analysis is used to just limit the number of components the...
What should be your answer to him?
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...
Your company's water treatment center serves three cities. Tests are conducted each day to see if the water is safe to drink. On Thursday, E coli were found in the water, but the water authority did not notify the citizens in the three cities. Instead, the citizens learned on Friday, the water was now safe to drink. The citizens are in an uproar, and your company is to blame. It is obvious one of the problems is the aging infrastructure and limited resources.
Your company's water treatment center serves three cities. Tests are conducted each day to see if the water is safe to drink. On Thursday, E coli were found in the water, but the water authority did not notify the citizens in the three cities. Instead, the citizens learned on Friday,...