CGEIT IT Value Delivery and Portfolio Management 2

Question 1

IT value delivery governance MOST requires that business cases include:

Accepted Answer

Clearly defined benefits, costs, risks, and success metrics before approval

Answer

A complete business case with benefits, costs, risks, and success metrics gives governance bodies the information needed to make informed investment decisions.

Question 2

Which practice BEST demonstrates effective IT value delivery governance?

Accepted Answer

Stage-gate reviews that confirm business value at each major phase before proceeding

Answer

Stage-gate reviews create checkpoints where governance confirms that value is on track before committing further investment, preventing value erosion.

Question 3

The 'demand management' function in IT portfolio governance PRIMARILY manages:

Accepted Answer

The intake and prioritization of IT investment requests against strategic criteria

Answer

Demand management governs how IT investment requests are received, evaluated, and prioritized to ensure resources are applied to the highest-value work.

Question 4

A 'run vs. grow vs. transform' investment categorization in IT portfolio management MOST helps to:

Accepted Answer

Balance spending between maintaining operations, enhancing capabilities, and driving innovation

Answer

Categorizing investments as run, grow, or transform enables governance bodies to deliberately balance maintaining the business, growing it, and transforming it.

Question 5

An IT investment delivers on time and on budget but the business reports no improvement in outcomes. From a governance perspective, this investment was:

Accepted Answer

Unsuccessful, because value delivery — not project metrics — is the ultimate measure

Answer

IT governance defines success by business outcomes, not project delivery metrics — an on-time, on-budget project that delivers no business value has failed its governance purpose.

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CGEIT IT Value Delivery and Portfolio Management 2