PFMP · Question #51
"Optimize Portfolio" belongs to which Process Groups?
The correct answer is D. Aligning. The 'Optimize Portfolio' process belongs to the Aligning process group, which focuses on balancing and optimizing the portfolio components against organizational strategy.
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"Optimize Portfolio" belongs to which Process Groups?
Options
- AAuthorizing and Controlling
- BMonitoring
- CDefining
- DAligning
How the community answered
(26 responses)- B4% (1)
- D96% (25)
Why each option
The 'Optimize Portfolio' process belongs to the Aligning process group, which focuses on balancing and optimizing the portfolio components against organizational strategy.
Authorizing and Controlling is not one of the five standard portfolio management process groups defined in the PMI standard.
Monitoring is not a standalone portfolio management process group in the PMI Standard for Portfolio Management.
The Defining process group contains processes like 'Develop Portfolio Charter' and 'Develop Portfolio Management Plan,' not optimization processes.
In the PMI Standard for Portfolio Management, the Aligning process group contains processes that evaluate, select, prioritize, and balance portfolio components. 'Optimize Portfolio' is explicitly placed in this group because it involves adjusting the portfolio mix to maximize value alignment with organizational strategy. It does not belong to Defining, which establishes the portfolio structure.
Concept tested: Portfolio Management Aligning Process Group
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/standard-for-portfolio-management
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