PFMP · Question #655
Assume before you prepared your portfolio management plan for your company that you did some benchmarking and learned that if you used elicitation techniques it was useful in the portfolio…
The correct answer is A. Collaboration techniques. Gathering structured input from a diverse group of stakeholders and SMEs through a majority vote polling method is a collaboration technique used in portfolio elicitation.
Question
Assume before you prepared your portfolio management plan for your company that you did some benchmarking and learned that if you used elicitation techniques it was useful in the portfolio development stage and before there were significant scope changes because of strategy changes to the portfolio. You decided to involve the Portfolio Review Board members, other key stakeholders, and some subject matter experts in this process and then decided to poll input from the group as a majority vote. This meant you were using:
Options
- ACollaboration techniques
- BFacilitation techniques
- CInterviews and observations
- DNegotiation techniques
How the community answered
(17 responses)- A71% (12)
- B6% (1)
- C6% (1)
- D18% (3)
Why each option
Gathering structured input from a diverse group of stakeholders and SMEs through a majority vote polling method is a collaboration technique used in portfolio elicitation.
Collaboration techniques in portfolio management involve actively engaging stakeholders, board members, and subject matter experts in a structured group process to generate, refine, or validate information. Polling for a majority vote is a specific form of group collaboration that aggregates diverse perspectives into a collective decision or output. The scenario describes exactly this - assembling multiple parties and using a structured polling mechanism to reach consensus.
Facilitation techniques focus on guiding and structuring group discussions or workshops, not on the specific mechanism of polling for a majority vote outcome.
Interviews and observations are individual data-collection methods applied one-on-one or through direct watching, not through group polling.
Negotiation techniques are used to resolve conflicts or reach agreement between parties with competing interests, not to aggregate input via majority vote.
Concept tested: Elicitation collaboration techniques in portfolio development
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/portfolio-management
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