Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) — Question 99

An enterprise has a large backlog of IT projects. The current strategy is to execute projects as they are submitted, but executive management does not believe this method is optimal. Which of the following is the MOST important action to address this concern?

Answer options

• A. Establish a performance dashboard that determines business value.
• B. Create a combined business/IT committee to determine project prioritization.
• C. Implement a methodology to prioritize projects based on resource availability.
• D. Implement stage-gating to determine the value of each project.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Implementing stage-gating (D) allows for systematic assessment of each project's value before proceeding, ensuring that only worthwhile projects are executed. Establishing a performance dashboard (A) and a combined committee (B) are helpful but do not directly evaluate project value. Prioritizing based on resource availability (C) is also important, but it does not address the necessity to assess the project value first.