PFMP · Question #83
Your company has recently merged with another company that has a PMO. What kind of support can the PMO provide to the new organization? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is B. Providing knowledge management including lessons learned C. Coordinating communication across portfolio components. A PMO supports a newly merged organization through knowledge management and cross-portfolio communication coordination, which are its core administrative and advisory functions.
Question
Your company has recently merged with another company that has a PMO. What kind of support can the PMO provide to the new organization? (Choose two.)
Options
- AAligning the portfolio to the organizational strategy and objectives
- BProviding knowledge management including lessons learned
- CCoordinating communication across portfolio components
- DReviewing, analyzing, and changing portfolio components to create the optimal portfolio
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A11% (3)
- B85% (23)
- D4% (1)
Why each option
A PMO supports a newly merged organization through knowledge management and cross-portfolio communication coordination, which are its core administrative and advisory functions.
Aligning the portfolio to organizational strategy and objectives is the responsibility of senior leadership and portfolio governance bodies, not a support function delivered by the PMO.
Providing knowledge management including lessons learned is a core PMO function that enables the merged organization to leverage accumulated experience from both predecessor entities, reducing repeated mistakes and accelerating organizational learning.
Coordinating communication across portfolio components is a standard PMO support function ensuring that stakeholders throughout the merged organization receive timely, consistent information about portfolio activities and decisions.
Reviewing, analyzing, and changing portfolio components to create the optimal portfolio is a portfolio governance committee and portfolio manager responsibility, not a PMO support role.
Concept tested: PMO support functions in portfolio management
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/standard-for-portfolio-management
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