You are managing a complex portfolio with high risk levels due to emerging technological breakthroughs and a short benefit window to market your product. You know that managing risk is key to success and you are coaching your team on the same. One of your team members came to you asking about the order of the steps used to perform risk management activities. What should be your answer to him?
All measurements in a Portfolio are done in correspondence to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and defining those KPIs is essential and should be done by highly capable personnel. Which of the following is true regarding who prepares KPIs and which party approves them?
Assume you are the corporate portfolio manager for your global organization. There is one portfolio at the corporate level, but other portfolios supporting business units and core areas of the company. One of these portfolios involves manufacturing, and its number one program in terms of priorities is to implement an enterprise resource planning system. Since it is the number one ranked program in this portfolio, it is of interest at the corporate level, and you and your team provide reports on its progress monthly. You can see that:
You are currently creating portfolio scenarios (what-if analysis) by reviewing components against prioritization criteria and using analysis techniques (e.g., options analysis, risk analysis, SWOT analysis, financial analysis). You are doing this in order to