A large organization has decided to enter a new market. At the time of the decision, all of the targets for existing products and initiatives are still in place without any changes. After learning…

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• Aperform a what-if scenario analysis to determine the impact on the existing portfolio.
• Breprioritize the portfolio components to align to the new organizational strategy.
• Cassess the impact of the updated organizational strategy on the existing products portfolio.
• Dprotect the key resources of the existing products portfolio from reassignment.

• A
  80% (51)
• B
  6% (4)
• C
  3% (2)
• D
  11% (7)

Explanation

The key detail is that no changes have yet been made to existing targets - the new market decision is recent. The portfolio manager's first responsibility is to analyze the potential impact before taking any action. A what-if scenario analysis allows the portfolio manager to model how entering the new market might affect resources, priorities, and the balance of the existing portfolio, without prematurely committing to changes. Reprioritizing components (B) is premature before understanding the impact. Assessing the impact on the existing products portfolio (C) is close but is more narrowly scoped, whereas what-if analysis is broader and more forward-looking for strategy changes. Protecting key resources (D) is a reactive tactic, not a proactive strategic analysis.

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