The purpose of which practice is to ensure that delivery stays on track and that the portfolio remains strategically aligned?

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Options

• AManagement control
• BOrganizational governance
• CStakeholder engagement
• DPrioritize

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  94% (45)

Explanation

Stakeholder engagement is the practice specifically designed to maintain two-way communication with those who influence or are affected by the portfolio - including senior leaders who own the organizational strategy. By keeping these stakeholders actively involved, the practice ensures both that delivery progress is visible and endorsed, and that the portfolio's direction continues to reflect evolving strategic priorities.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Management control focuses on monitoring and controlling ongoing delivery performance (budgets, schedules, risks) - it tracks progress but doesn't inherently maintain strategic alignment.
• B. Organizational governance establishes the structures, accountabilities, and decision-making frameworks - it's the framework within which alignment happens, not the active practice that sustains it.
• D. Prioritize determines which initiatives receive resources and in what order - it feeds into alignment decisions but is not the continuous, relationship-driven practice described.

Memory tip: Think of stakeholder engagement as the "bridge" between strategy and delivery - it connects the people who set direction (executives, sponsors) with those who execute it, which is why it uniquely covers both "on track" and "strategically aligned" in a single practice.

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