PFMP · Question #650
Assume you are the portfolio manager for your training company. It decided to implement portfolio management in a major way to ensure it remained competitive in the changing market and could offer a…
The correct answer is B. Goal achievement. Stakeholders of a portfolio-including sponsors, executives, and business unit leaders-are primarily interested in whether the portfolio is achieving the goals it was established to meet. Goal achievement tells stakeholders whether strategic objectives are being met and whether…
Question
Assume you are the portfolio manager for your training company. It decided to implement portfolio management in a major way to ensure it remained competitive in the changing market and could offer a variety of methods to deliver courses rather than only in a face-to-face setting. The company set up a Portfolio Management Group, and you are responsible for providing information on portfolio status and then providing information to those interested stakeholders about the Board's decisions. You want to make sure the reports meet stakeholder requirements. After performing a detailed communications requirements analysis, you found it interesting that stakeholders wanted information about:
Options
- APortfolio infrastructure costs
- BGoal achievement
- CBenefit realization
- DChanges in the roadmap
How the community answered
(44 responses)- A11% (5)
- B80% (35)
- C5% (2)
- D5% (2)
Explanation
Stakeholders of a portfolio-including sponsors, executives, and business unit leaders-are primarily interested in whether the portfolio is achieving the goals it was established to meet. Goal achievement tells stakeholders whether strategic objectives are being met and whether the portfolio investment is delivering its intended outcomes. Infrastructure costs (A) are operational details of lesser strategic interest. Benefit realization (C) is related but is a subset of goal achievement; benefits are the means, goals are the end. Changes in the roadmap (D) are relevant updates but secondary to whether goals are actually being achieved.
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