PFMP · Question #42
Which process group includes "Manage Portfolio Information"?
The correct answer is B. Aligning. In PMI portfolio management, 'Manage Portfolio Information' belongs to the Aligning process group, which ensures portfolio data supports strategic alignment decisions.
Question
Which process group includes "Manage Portfolio Information"?
Options
- AAuthorizing and controlling
- BAligning
- CDefining
- DMonitoring
How the community answered
(16 responses)- B94% (15)
- D6% (1)
Why each option
In PMI portfolio management, 'Manage Portfolio Information' belongs to the Aligning process group, which ensures portfolio data supports strategic alignment decisions.
Authorizing and Controlling focuses on approving portfolio components and monitoring performance, not on information management for alignment purposes.
The Aligning process group contains processes that evaluate and select portfolio components in alignment with organizational strategy, and 'Manage Portfolio Information' is explicitly placed here because it captures and communicates the data needed to make and sustain those alignment decisions.
The Defining process group establishes the portfolio structure and roadmap but does not include 'Manage Portfolio Information.'
Monitoring is not a recognized process group in the PMI Standard for Portfolio Management; the three groups are Defining, Aligning, and Authorizing and Controlling.
Concept tested: PMI portfolio management process group classification
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/standard-for-portfolio-management
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