Program & Portfolio Flashcards
What is Portfolio Management?
A collection of demands, projects, and programs, that are
strategically selected to meet goals as well as track costs, benefits, resources, schedules, risks, and issues.
What is Program Management?
A group of logically related demands and projects that deliver a business outcome. Projects are bundled together into a program when the benefits of managing them collectively outweigh managing them individually.
What persona is responsible for coordinating related projects and demands, monitoring progress and status of all projects and demands, tracking cost, resources and schedules?
Program Manager
What persona is responsible for ensuring the ServiceNow environment is configured and operating as expected and works with project administrator for configuration specific to Resource Management?
System Admin
What persona is responsible for aligning projects and programs with strategic objectives, and managing financials across the portfolio?
Portfolio Manager
What persona is responsible for setting strategic goals for the organization, monitoring status and strategic objectives, viewing and receiving status reports?
Executives
A consumer’s desire, and willingness to pay for and/or use a product or service.
Demand
Any planned, collaborative effort that is designed to achieve an objective.
Project
A logical group of related projects or demands under a single entity.
Program
A collection of demands and projects managed as a group to achieve strategic and operational objective.
Portfolio
A central location for viewing details of a program and the projects, demands, and program tasks that are part of the program.
Program Workbench
A central location to plan portfolios using scenarios for a single fiscal year or multiple years. Include demands and projects in all portfolios or a single portfolio to evaluate , prioritize, and select demands and projects that match your business objectives.
Portfolio Planning Workbench
_________ management is about execution and delivery of related projects and __________ management focuses on doing the right projects at the right time by selecting and managing projects as a portfolio of investments.
Program, Portfolio