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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.

Understanding the purpose and processes within the Aligning Process Group of the PMI Standard for Portfolio Management.

Question

Which process group includes "Manage Portfolio Information"?

Options

  • AAuthorizing and controlling
  • BAligning
  • CDefining
  • DMonitoring

How the community answered

(16 responses)
  • B
    94% (15)
  • D
    6% (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.

AAuthorizing and controlling

Authorizing and Controlling focuses on approving portfolio components and monitoring performance, not on information management for alignment purposes.

BAligningCorrect

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.

CDefining

The Defining process group establishes the portfolio structure and roadmap but does not include 'Manage Portfolio Information.'

DMonitoring

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

Topics

#Portfolio Process Groups#Aligning Process Group#PMI PFMP#Portfolio Information

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