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PMI PfMP - Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)

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Total 495 questions

You are managing a large portfolio and are approaching to a major checkpoint. As a portfolio manager, you are now collecting information and reports from various components for aggregation and presentation. What method/tool can you use to support you in this process?

A.

Elicitation

B.

PMIS

C.

Manage Portfolio Information

D.

Communication methods

In your architectural organization, each program or project requires some specialized subject matter experts at certain time frames. Because of the interdependencies between components, often these SMEs are needed at the same time. Assume since this is a critical issue in the company, it invested in resource planning and allocating software, and dashboards can be prepared. The goal is to use these dashboard reports to:

A.

Determine whether to use external consultants

B.

Assess specific costs for additional budget

C.

Ensure everyone has access to the software for ease of communication

D.

Assist in scheduling adjustments

Risk management is an integral part of project, program and portfolio management and is invoked throughout the project, program and portfolio life cycle. When it comes to managing portfolio risks, which of the following activities is used

A.

Risk Response

B.

Risk Assessment and Risk Response

C.

Risk Planning

D.

Risk Assessment

As a portfolio manager you will use a variety of artifacts and documents that will help you better manage the portfolio and better communicate progress and status with stakeholders. The roadmap is considered the most used document in the portfolio and eases your work being able to present the status on a single graphical representation. Early on during the portfolio lifecycle, you prepare the roadmap. An output of this process is

A.

Portfolio update, Portfolio Charter update, Portfolio Roadmap

B.

Portfolio Roadmap

C.

Portfolio update, Portfolio Roadmap

D.

Portfolio Charter update, Portfolio Roadmap

The sponsor came to you asking for a high level timeline to depict the approach that you will take to execute this portfolio. What tools and techniques is useful in your case?

A.

Strategic Alignment Analysis, Prioritization Analysis, Portfolio Component Inventory

B.

Gap Analysis, Readiness Assessment, Stakeholder Analysis

C.

Scenario Analysis, Capability & Capacity Analysis

D.

Prioritization Analysis, Interdependency Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis

Portfolio Prioritization Model is included in the Portfolio management plan and Portfolio Strategic Plan. How does it serve the Portfolio as part of the Portfolio Strategic Plan?

A.

All of the options

B.

Ensures benefits are comprehensively and holistically taken into consideration

C.

Guides the ongoing decisions as to which portfolio components should be added, terminated, or changed

D.

Used as a decision framework to structure the portfolio components

During a portfolio review meeting, the steering committee has decided on the inclusion of a new project to re-align the portfolio with its strategic objectives, what do you do before and after the meeting?

A.

Update the decision; write the Minutes Of Meeting

B.

Change request; communicate the decision to all stakeholders in the portfolio

C.

Write the Minutes Of Meeting; update the decision

D.

Change request; communicate the decision to related stakeholders listed in the communication management plan

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

Your company got recently acquired by another company and the strategic directions which your portfolio is based on have been changed. Which document do you, as a portfolio manager, update to reflect the change to the timeline?

A.

Communication Management Plan

B.

Portfolio Management Plan

C.

Portfolio Strategic Plan

D.

Portfolio Roadmap

You have been assigned as the manager for a major transformation portfolio in your company. You have a new direction in sight and you need to work with the team to attain the end goal and achieve the expected strategy. You are currently in the middle of developing the strategic plan and require the following inputs

A.

Organizational Strategy & Objectives, Enterprise Environmental Factors, Roadmap

B.

Organizational Strategy & Objectives, Enterprise Environmental Factors, Organizational Process Assets, Portfolio Process Assets, Inventory Of Work

C.

Organizational Strategy & Objectives, Enterprise Environmental Factors, Roadmap, Portfolio Management Plan

D.

Organizational Strategy & Objectives, Enterprise Environmental Factors, Portfolio, Portfolio Management Plan