You are the portfolio management for a big corporate with existence in 3 continents. While planning the performance management and in particular the dashboards and reporting tools, which of the following options is the most important to account for the different geographical locations?
You are working diligently to ensure people throughout the organization realize the importance of portfolio management. To do so, you are preparing a communications strategy. When you distribute it, you will be able to show you can satisfy information requirements in order to:
You have a portfolio component that is using earned value analysis. It is at the 15% point of completion, and it is evident that it cannot be completed as planned. Adding resources will not solve the problem, and at the last Portfolio Review Board meeting, the Board members decided to terminate this component based on its various risks. They then decided the resources allocated to this component could be transferred to other portfolio components enhancing their early completion and avoiding risks from competitors. As the portfolio manager, you:
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. Risk Categories, criteria and probability and impact are updated as a result of Developing the Risk Management Plan. These updates are recorded in which of the following?
Due to multiple occurrences of risk realization, the CEO has asked you to re-assess the portfolio risks once again. Up to what level in the organization do you go when you need to assess risks?
Portfolio management processes are performed in an environment broader than a portfolio; therefore, an organization-level implementation team supported by executive management, a governing body, and portfolio managers join forces to implement organization-level portfolio management processes. After Defining roles and responsibilities for portfolio management process implementation, what should be the FIRST next step?
You have been assigned as a consultant to give your expertise on a failing portfolio which is critical to the success of your client's organization. You are now in the process of reviewing the portfolio management plan. What do you expect to see as part of this plan?
Assume at this point as the portfolio manager in your mattress company, you are activating portfolio components, updating portfolio reports, and documenting the decisions made at the recent Portfolio Governance Committee meeting as the company moves into new markets. You are therefore:
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, change to reflect the new stakeholders and their expectations?
In a portfolio, data is an abundant asset, and managing the information aiming for a a better decision making is critical. For this you use a variety of Quantitative and Qualitative analysis methods. These methods are performed in 4 of the portfolio management processes and serve a slightly different purpose in each and every one of them. Considering that you are currently performing risk assessment and handling risk responses, how can you make use of the quantitative and qualitative analysis?
