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 for a technology company that is publically owned, and the value of its stock is tracked daily by the CFO and is reported to the portfolio manager. Quarterly meetings are held with stockholders as the company went public through an Initial public offering (IPO) last year.
These stockholders:

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. To best optimize the portfolio, your CEO asked you to:

When managed correctly, the balanced scorecards can change the way an organization does business. Balanced scorecards keep focus on results. Which of the following are factors that can be targeted by the Balanced Scorecards method?

You are the manager of a major portfolio with a critical strategic objective. You have just finalized the roadmap development and wanted to have a quick discussion on it with the team. One of your team members asks you your opinion on the relation between Portfolio roadmap and Strategic Objectives. What would your answer be?