PMI PfMP Exam - Topic 2 Question 5 Discussion

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Question #: 5
Topic #: 2

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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

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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

by Ryan at May 03, 2022, 11:57 AM

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Valentin

4 months ago

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

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Izetta

4 months ago

I feel like D covers more ground, though.

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Reita

4 months ago

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

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Caren

4 months ago

Totally agree, option B makes the most sense here!

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Roxane

4 months ago

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

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Chauncey

5 months 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.

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Wayne

5 months ago

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

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Sue

5 months ago

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

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Loise

5 months ago

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

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Christiane

5 months 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.

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Willard

5 months 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.

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Tracey

5 months 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.

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Ashley

5 months ago

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

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Suzi

5 months 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.

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