You have been asked to be the manager for a governmental portfolio, and your starting point should be tendering a strategic plan to the board for validation and approval for continuation. Which…

Prioritization analysis and portfolio roadmap are artifacts produced later in the portfolio process, not available as inputs when the strategic plan is first being developed.

Enterprise Environmental Factors and organizational process assets are valid general inputs, but the portfolio component inventory is a more mature artifact not yet available at the very start of portfolio development.

Developing an initial portfolio strategic plan requires alignment with the organization's strategy and objectives to ensure strategic fit, an inventory of work to understand what exists and what is proposed, and portfolio process assets that provide templates, historical data, and procedures. Together these three inputs give the portfolio manager the strategic context and operational baseline needed to formulate a credible plan for board validation.

The Portfolio Charter and Portfolio Roadmap are outputs created during portfolio setup and cannot serve as inputs at the initial strategic planning stage.