Two functional managers within your portfolio are arguing about one scarce resource, and each one is claiming that the resource should be assigned to them. What should you do as a portfolio manager in order to solve this issue?

• A.Perform a capacity and capability analysis and tender the recommendation on resource allocation to the governance board
• B.Sit with the two functional managers privately and let them agree on a solution
• C.Perform a capacity and capability analysis in order to allocate the scarce resource
• D.Do prioritization analysis and allocate the resource accordingly

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The Portfolio Charter is an important document that is referenced throughout the portfolio life cycle. Which of the following is correct regarding the Portfolio Charter purpose and focus?

• A.Forecasts how and when the portfolio will deliver value to the organization
• B.Corresponds to the means to the "to-be" vision
• C.High-level prioritization mapping of the portfolio
• D.Can be used to influence the portfolio's success

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A portfolio manager needs to continuously balance the need and requirements with the available resources and needs to maintain a balanced portfolio and portfolio resources in order to optimize delivery. Capability and Capacity analysis is performed in 4 of the portfolio management processes and it serves a slightly different purpose in each and every one of them. When it relates to developing the performance management plan, what is the purpose of using this analysis?

• A.Performed to understand the human, financial, and asset capacity and capability of the organization in order to select, fund, and execute portfolio components
• B.To study the capability of resources, match them against the portfolio's objectives and goals, and translate the capability into what capacity is possible to meet the portfolio demands
• C.To understand how much work is able to be performed based on the resources available (capacity), as well as the ability of the organization to source and execute the selected portfolio
• D.It enables the organization to achieve maximum portfolio benefits given current resource constraints

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One of the stakeholders of one of your components came to you complaining that his manager is not receiving specific information on multiple components progress. What is your best course of action?

• A.Raise the issue to the governance board as you have already analyzed this manager
• B.Send the manager the needed information asked by the stakeholder
• C.Meet the manager and understand what information is required
• D.Add the manager to the weekly reports distribution list where there is a lot of information on the components

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Your company is currently on the verge of bankruptcy due to the lack of transparency within the organization; this alerted the CEO to take decisive actions and request that new reporting lines be established in order to be fully transparent. The new reporting lines triggered changes in roles & responsibilities for managing communication and communication policies & constraints. Where are these changes reflected when it relates to your portfolio?

• A.Portfolio Management Plan updates
• B.Portfolio Process Assets updates
• C.Portfolio Updates
• D.Organizational Process Assets updates

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