Which activity is part of a capacity planning process?

Forecasting future resource demand

A PMO is expanding its services to include agile coaching and data analytics. The current skills matrix shows that most PMO staff are proficient in traditional project management but lack these new competencies. The PMO manager needs to implement a skills matrix to address this gap. What is the most effective first step?

Immediately hire external consultants with agile and analytics expertise.

Update the skills matrix to include the new competencies and assess each staff member's current proficiency.

Revise the resource management plan to prioritize agile and analytics projects.

Train all PMO staff in agile and analytics simultaneously.

What is the goal of capacity planning in a PMO?

To optimize resource utilization

To reduce the number of PMO staff

A PMO has a capacity planning process that uses a skills matrix. The PMO manager notices that some team members are underutilized while others are overutilized. What is the most effective way to address this imbalance?

Provide training to underutilized team members to increase their skills.

Reassign work from overutilized to underutilized team members, considering their skills.

Reduce the number of projects to balance the workload.

Hire more staff to reduce the workload of overutilized team members.

What is the primary purpose of a resource management plan in a PMO?

To define the project schedule and milestones

To track individual project budgets

To align PMO resources with service demands

To document lessons learned from completed projects

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A PMO has a capacity planning process that uses a skills matrix. The PMO manager notices that some team members are underutilized while others are overutilized. What is the most effective way to address this imbalance?
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