What has as its purpose: To ensure the successful implementation of the planned change initiatives as agreed in the Portfolio Strategy and Delivery Plan?

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Options

• APortfolio definition cycle
• BPortfolio management
• CResource management
• DPortfolio delivery cycle

• B
  6% (1)
• D
  94% (15)

Explanation

Portfolio Delivery Cycle (D) is correct because its explicit purpose is execution - ensuring that approved change initiatives from the Portfolio Strategy and Delivery Plan are successfully implemented. It focuses on managing the delivery of the portfolio's active investments through governance, performance monitoring, and benefits realization.

• A (Portfolio Definition Cycle) is wrong because it deals with identifying, categorizing, and selecting initiatives - the "what to do" stage, not the "make sure it gets done" stage.
• B (Portfolio Management) is too broad; it's the overarching discipline that encompasses both definition and delivery, not a specific cycle with this purpose.
• C (Resource Management) is wrong because while it supports delivery by allocating people and funding, its purpose is optimizing resource use - not ensuring the overall implementation of planned change initiatives.

Memory tip: Think of it as two cycles in sequence - Definition = plan what changes to make, Delivery = make sure those changes actually happen. If the question mentions "successful implementation" of already-agreed initiatives, that's always the Delivery cycle.

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