Question

A portfolio manager needs to continuously balance the need and requirements with the available resources and needs 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 managing the supply and demand , what is the purpose of using this analysis?

Accepted Answer

To study the capability of resources, match them against the portfolio’s objectives and goals, and translate the capability into what capacity is possible to meet the portfolio demands

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To understand how much work is able to be performed based on the resources available (capacity), as well as the ability of the organization to source and execute the selected portfolio

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Performed to understand the human, financial, and asset capacity and capability of the organization in order to select, fund, and execute portfolio components

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It enables the organization to achieve maximum portfolio benefits given current resource constraints

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