Portfolio Delivery Cycle
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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 the project managers needed by each initiative
- 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 the initiatives in the portfolio 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.
What does the 'financial management' practice in the delivery cycle ensure?
- AThat the expected benefits are set aside so that management attention can be focused on controlling the portfolio's costs
- BThat suppliers set their own budgets for the work they deliver to the portfolio
- CThat each initiative is funded in full up front rather than through staged release
- DThat portfolio expenditure is planned, controlled and aligned with the organisation's financial management cycle✓
Answer: Financial management ensures portfolio funding and spend are planned, monitored and integrated with the wider organisational financial processes.