What are the primary responsibilities of Program Portfolio Management (PPM)?

Question

Options

• AGovernance, strategy and investment funding, program management.
• BProgram management, stakeholder management, PI Planning.
• CLightweight business case, Epic specification workshop, Budget allocation.
• DGovernance, investment funding, product strategy.

• A
  90% (26)
• C
  7% (2)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Option A is correct because PPM operates at the portfolio level with three core responsibilities: Governance (establishing policies and decision-making structures), Strategy and Investment Funding (aligning initiatives to business goals and allocating budgets), and Program Management (overseeing the execution of programs within the portfolio).

• B is wrong because Stakeholder Management and PI Planning are Agile Release Train (ART) / program-level concerns, not PPM-level responsibilities.
• C is wrong because Lightweight Business Cases and Epic Specification Workshops are tools used within the Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) process - they're inputs to PPM decisions, not PPM's responsibilities themselves.
• D is wrong because "product strategy" belongs to product management (Product Management/Product Owner roles), not PPM - and it swaps out "program management" which is a genuine PPM pillar.

Memory tip: Think of PPM as the "G.I.P." framework - Governance, Investment funding, Program management. PPM sits above programs and answers "Are we building the right things the right way with the right money?"

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