PFMP · Question #333
You are managing a portfolio in a functional organization and resources are shared between operations and projects. You are continuously performing capability and capacity analysis in order to…
The correct answer is C. Human Resources. Human Resources capacity analysis is the specific type of capability and capacity analysis that limits the number of portfolio components an organization can execute concurrently.
Question
You are managing a portfolio in a functional organization and resources are shared between operations and projects. You are continuously performing capability and capacity analysis in order to optimize the portfolio. Which of the following capability and capacity analysis is used to just limit the number of components the organization can execute?
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- AKnowledge Basis
- BFinancial
- CHuman Resources
- DAssets
How the community answered
(41 responses)- A5% (2)
- B2% (1)
- C83% (34)
- D10% (4)
Why each option
Human Resources capacity analysis is the specific type of capability and capacity analysis that limits the number of portfolio components an organization can execute concurrently.
Knowledge Basis analysis assesses organizational knowledge and intellectual assets but is not primarily used as a mechanism to limit the count of concurrently executable components.
Financial capacity analysis constrains budget and spending levels but does not specifically limit the number of concurrent components, as an organization could theoretically run many small low-cost components.
Human Resources capacity analysis evaluates the availability, skills, and bandwidth of personnel, which directly constrains how many portfolio components can run simultaneously. When human resource capacity is insufficient to support additional components, it acts as a hard ceiling on portfolio execution throughput regardless of financial or asset availability.
Asset analysis reviews physical and technological resource availability and does not function as a direct constraint on the number of portfolio components that can be executed.
Concept tested: Human resources capacity analysis as portfolio execution constraint
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/standard-for-portfolio-management
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