Question 126

One of your company's junior portfolio managers came to you for advice. He noticed while checking the roadmap that it does not include all the portfolio components. What should be your advice to him?
  • Question 127

    You are working to optimize your portfolio and determine a priority list of components to pursue.
    In your product development company, of the triple constraints, quality and scope dominate. This does not imply that schedule and budget are not important, but since the company requires regulatory approval for its products, quality dominates the company. Quality goals that are too low may lead to end-user dissatisfaction; however, goals that are too high may be too costly to the company.
    Therefore it is important to consider:
  • Question 128

    The best method to ensure stakeholder participation and support for components within the portfolio is:
  • Question 129

    Assume you are working in a division in your country's Department of Interior. The Department is set up in Bureaus, and your work falls within Natural Resources. Your division is the Water Resource Division. You are responsible as the portfolio manager for the work in this Division. As you work on the portfolio for the upcoming year, you point out to the members of the Portfolio Review Committee that:
  • Question 130

    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: