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Due to market technological changes, your company got impacted and was urged to revise its portfolios. You are currently revising your portfolio to determine the required changes in the component mix.

The correct answer is A. Portfolio. The portfolio itself is the operational vehicle - the 'means' - through which an organization executes strategy and transitions from its current state to the desired 'to-be' vision.

Strategic Alignment

Question

Due to market technological changes, your company got impacted and was urged to revise its portfolios. You are currently revising your portfolio to determine the required changes in the component mix. Which of the following options is the means to the "to-be" vision?

Options

  • APortfolio
  • BPortfolio Management Plan
  • CPortfolio Roadmap
  • DPortfolio Strategic Plan and Portfolio

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    90% (38)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Why each option

The portfolio itself is the operational vehicle - the 'means' - through which an organization executes strategy and transitions from its current state to the desired 'to-be' vision.

APortfolioCorrect

The portfolio is the collection of programs, projects, and operations managed together to achieve strategic objectives. It is not just a planning artifact; it is the active implementation mechanism that delivers the capabilities and outcomes needed to realize the 'to-be' state. The portfolio directly drives the transformation from current to future state.

BPortfolio Management Plan

The Portfolio Management Plan defines how the portfolio will be governed and managed; it is a guiding document, not the vehicle for achieving the vision.

CPortfolio Roadmap

The Portfolio Roadmap is a planning and communication artifact showing the trajectory of change over time, not the means itself.

DPortfolio Strategic Plan and Portfolio

The Portfolio Strategic Plan defines direction and alignment; combined with the portfolio it provides context, but the portfolio alone is the means of execution.

Concept tested: Portfolio as means to organizational strategic vision

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/standard-for-portfolio-management

Topics

#Portfolio Definition#Strategic Alignment#Vision Realization#Portfolio Planning

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