Which portfolio delivery practice ensures clarity about what decisions are made, where, when, and what criteria are used?

Question

Options

• AManagement control
• BOrganizational governance
• CResource management
• DBenefits management

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  89% (33)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

Organizational governance defines the framework that specifies who makes which decisions, at what point in the portfolio lifecycle, and what criteria or standards govern those decisions - making it the practice explicitly concerned with clarity around decision-making authority and process.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Management control focuses on monitoring performance and taking corrective action to keep the portfolio on track - it's about oversight, not decision rights.
• C. Resource management deals with allocating and optimizing people, budget, and capacity across the portfolio - not with governance structures.
• D. Benefits management is concerned with defining, tracking, and realizing the value/benefits expected from portfolio investments - a separate concern from who decides what.

Memory tip: Think of governance as the "rulebook for decision-making" - it answers who, when, and how decisions are made. Whenever an exam question asks about clarity of authority, decision criteria, or accountability structures, governance is almost always the answer.

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