Which is a portfolio delivery practice?

Question

Options

• ACategorize
• BFinancial management
• CStaged release of funding
• DGovernance alignment

• A
  5% (1)
• B
  5% (1)
• D
  90% (18)

Explanation

Governance alignment is a portfolio delivery practice because it ensures that projects and programmes within the portfolio are executed in conformance with the organization's governance structures, maintaining proper oversight, accountability, and decision-making authority throughout delivery - not just during initial planning.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Categorize - This belongs to the portfolio definition cycle, where initiatives are grouped and classified before entering delivery; it's a selection/prioritization activity, not a delivery one.
• B. Financial management - While important to portfolios, financial management is generally considered a supporting/enabling function that underpins multiple practices, not a delivery practice itself.
• C. Staged release of funding - This is a funding mechanism or technique (a tool used within financial management), not a recognized delivery practice at the portfolio level.

Memory tip: Think of delivery practices as what keeps a portfolio running correctly once it's underway. "Governance alignment" is the ongoing check that everything being delivered still fits within the organization's rules and oversight structure - it's the guardrail during execution. If you see "categorize" or "prioritize," those are definition phase activities (before delivery starts).

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