As you are the portfolio manager for your state government agency, which is undergoing a series of budget cuts, you are focusing attention on managing risks to the portfolio as the budget is reduced. You realize in this process the time and budget for risk management also will be reduced; these data are in the:
Roadmaps may be prepared to show different elements, and at the beginning they may not provide details of the various components. As a high-level plan at the portfolio level, the roadmap:
Information and direction about the organization's vision, mission, prioritization, and resources should be obtained before the portfolio's strategic plan is developed by reviewing:
Assume you are preparing the first portfolio risk management plan for your outsourcing company, which typically handles call centers around the world. While the company has implemented portfolio management and has a Portfolio Oversight Group, it did not previously assess risks to the portfolio itself. Instead, it assumed risks would be managed at the project level. However, numerous customer complaints have been received. The root cause is once a new call center is established, limited if any planning is done as the manager rushes to have it ready and operational as soon as possible. This has led to a lack of understanding as to what is required for the call centers to be successful. In preparing this plan, you are reviewing the portfolio management plan because it:
Before any information in your web-based technology company is communicated externally, it must be submitted to the company's Public Relations Department to ensure sensitive information is not disclosed inadvertently to competitors. The Public Relations Director must sign off on all external information. You need to, as the portfolio manager: