Question 1

What are the following statements in the P3O Guidance examples of?

Maintaining a 'big picture' understanding of the business change portfolio

Providing decision-support to ensure the right programs and project are launched

Providing standards and processes to ensure consistency of delivery

Providing independent oversight, scrutiny, and challenge to ensure things are done well (and right first time more of the time)

Options :

A : Time must be made senior managers to understand each of these things

B : Proposed responsibilities for the Temporary Portfolio Office

C : OGC principles for extracting value from program and project investment

D : Ways the P3O can significantly increase an organizations chances of successfully delivering its strategy reducing benefits loss and delivering programs and projects more cost effectively

Answer: D

Question 2

Which is NOT a specified constraint (barriers) that may impact the benefits delivered by implementing a P3O model?

Options :

A : P3O costs seen as unnecessary overhead.

B : Funding the P3O model

C : Perceived bureaucracy of the P3O processes and standards

D : Deliver the organization initiatives.

Answer: D

Question 3

Which is an enabling activity in the P3O Value Matrix ?

Options :

A : Optimize investment in change initiatives to achieve strategic objectives.

B : Verify achievement towards delivery of project outputs

C : Ensure the desired program outcomes are viable

D : Deliver more efficient program and project management functions by managing them centrally

Answer: D

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the return of internal resources to an operational role when closing a temporary Programme Office are true?

Feedback to the line manager should be given on performance

Staff members will be reluctant to return

Options :

A : Neither 1 or 2 is true

B : Both 1 and 2 are true

C : Only 2 is true

D : Only 1 is true

Answer: B

Question 5

Why should portfolio-level issues escalated from programs be referred to senior management?

Options :

A : As part of regular progress reporting, for information

B : As part of exception-based reporting, for information only as no decision is required

C : Should NOT be sent to senior management

D : As part of exception-based reporting from a program, for a decision to be made

Answer: D

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