A new project manager was given an assignment on one of the components in your portfolio. What will you do as a portfolio manager in order to align the project manager with the strategic direction…

Question

Options

• ALet him check the Project Charter and ask you in the case where he needs your help
• BLet him check the Portfolio Charter and ask you in the case where he needs your help
• CUpdate the roles and responsibilities in the Portfolio Management Plan
• DTrain him on the portfolio management processes

• A
  8% (4)
• B
  4% (2)
• C
  72% (38)
• D
  17% (9)

Explanation

The Portfolio Management Plan is the governing document that defines how the portfolio is managed, including the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders - including component-level project managers. When a new project manager is assigned, the portfolio manager's formal action is to update the roles and responsibilities section of the Portfolio Management Plan to reflect the new PM's assignment, authority, and accountabilities within the portfolio context. This formally integrates the PM and aligns their role with portfolio governance. Option A (checking the Project Charter alone) is insufficient because the Project Charter is project-scoped and doesn't address portfolio-level alignment. Option B (checking the Portfolio Charter) is read-only and passive - it does not formally integrate the new PM. Option D (training on portfolio processes) may be a secondary action but is not the primary formal integration step. Updating the Portfolio Management Plan is the correct, governance-driven response.

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