Managing risk is key to the success of any initiative. Risk is considered to be inherent in any activity we do in project management and at any level. When it comes to risk tolerance definition, which of the following is the correct one?
ecause your company's Portfolio Review Board consists of the Directors of its five business units and is chaired by the CEO, the meetings tend to be contentious as there is limited funding available to authorize all the proposed programs and projects. Dissension also is the norm if resources are reallocated from one business unit to another. As a result, the CEO:
Assume your company recently diversified, and in addition to producing its recognized brand of ice cream products, it now also is producing cereal and nutritional products. Assume you have been using the Efficient Frontier to manage portfolio value. With diversification to these new products:
When it comes to managing the portfolio value, one of the junior portfolio managers came to you asking about the relation between cost-benefit analysis and the efficient frontier analysis. What should your answer to her be?