Portfolio Delivery Cycle
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Portfolio Delivery Cycle: example questions & answers
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What is the overall purpose of the portfolio delivery cycle?
- ATo set the organisation's strategic objectives and to agree the corporate vision that the change will support
- BTo recruit project managers
- CTo ensure successful delivery of the defined portfolio and the realisation of its intended benefits✓
- DTo decide which initiatives should be included in the portfolio and in what order they should be ranked
Answer: The delivery cycle is concerned with effectively managing and delivering the agreed portfolio so that planned outcomes and benefits are achieved.
Which of the following is a practice within the portfolio delivery cycle?
- AManagement control✓
- BCategorise
- CPrioritise
- DBalance
Answer: Management control is one of the delivery cycle practices; categorise, prioritise and balance belong to the definition cycle.
The 'benefits management' practice in the delivery cycle focuses on:
- AHiring the contractors and specialists needed by each individual project in the portfolio
- BSetting the corporate strategy from which the portfolio's own objectives are then derived
- CCategorising initiatives by type
- DIdentifying, planning, tracking and realising the benefits expected from the portfolio✓
Answer: Benefits management ensures that the benefits underpinning the investment in the portfolio are clearly defined, actively managed and actually realised.