Discuss PMI PfMP Exam Topic 2 Question 5

A portfolio manager needs to continuously balance the need and requirements with the available resources to maintain a balanced portfolio and portfolio resources in order to optimize delivery. Capability and Capacity analysis is performed in 4 of the portfolio management processes and it serves a slightly different purpose in each and every one of them. When it relates to developing the charter, and in order to complete the portfolio structure, the capability and capacity analysis is used to

AMeasure the internal resource capacity and establish the external resources availability

BMeasure internal and external resources capabilities and capacities

CMeasure the internal resource availability and establish the external resources capacity

DMeasure availability and capability of internal resources and forecast the use of external resources

Suggested Answer: A

Internal resource capacity is required to be measured and external resource availability is required to be established to complete the portfolio structure. These human resource, financial, and asset capacity considerations will be limiting factors for the number and size of portfolio components the organization can execute

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14 comments · newest first

Valentin 1 year ago

Option A seems too limited; we need a broader view!

Izetta 1 year ago

I feel like D covers more ground, though.

Reita 1 year ago

Wait, are we sure about that? I thought it was more about just internal resources.

Caren 1 year ago

Totally agree, option B makes the most sense here!

Roxane 1 year ago

I think it's definitely about measuring both internal and external resources.

Chauncey 1 year ago

I’m a bit confused; I thought capability and capacity were more about internal resources, but I can't recall the exact details from my studies.

Wayne 1 year ago

I feel like option D makes sense because it mentions forecasting the use of external resources, which seems important for the charter.

Sue 1 year ago

I remember a practice question that focused on establishing resource availability, so I might lean towards option C.

Loise 1 year ago

I think the analysis is about measuring both internal and external resources, but I'm not sure if it's capabilities or availability.

Christiane 1 year ago

I'm pretty confident about this one. I know character literals are case-sensitive, and spaces can be embedded in delimiters, so I'll select A and B.

Willard 1 year ago

I think this question is asking about a type of cloud computing service, so I'll focus on the options that mention offsite or external service providers.

Tracey 1 year ago

Ugh, I hate questions about process management. It always feels like there's some hidden trick. I'm just going to go with my gut on this one and select the option that sounds the least restrictive.

Ashley 1 year ago

I remember practicing a question similar to this with email and text as options. I should probably stick with those.

Suzi 1 year ago

Hmm, maximizing storage is the most important need here. I'll need to think carefully about which RAID type provides the best balance of redundancy and capacity.

PMI PfMP Exam - Topic 2 Question 5 Discussion