Which questions are addressed by portfolio management as part of strategic planning? 1. Are the programmes and projects in the portfolio necessary? 2. Is the portfolio together with business as…

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Options

• A1, 2, 3
• B1, 2, 4
• C1, 3, 4
• D2, 3, 4

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  78% (28)
• C
  6% (2)
• D
  14% (5)

Explanation

Option B (1, 2, 4) is correct because portfolio management during strategic planning is concerned with necessity (are these programmes/projects the right ones?), sufficiency (does the combined portfolio + BAU deliver the strategy?), and affordability (can the organisation fund it?). These three questions directly validate whether a portfolio is strategically aligned, complete, and financially viable.

Question 3 - "Where in business as usual will the objectives be achieved?" - is the odd one out. Portfolio management asks whether BAU and the portfolio together are sufficient (question 2), but it does not drill down into the internal mechanics of BAU delivery; that is an operational management concern, not a portfolio governance question. Any option including 3 (A, C, D) is therefore wrong.

Memory tip: Think of portfolio management's three strategic tests as N-S-A - Necessary, Sufficient, Affordable. If you can map the answer choices to those three concepts, you'll quickly spot that "where in BAU" doesn't fit any of them.

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