Although it has taken significant time, you and your team inventoried all the work under way in your new product development company. This list of components should be:

Question

Options

• AIncluded in the portfolio roadmap
• BPart of the portfolio management plan
• CPrioritized for effective resource allocation
• DMaintained by the portfolio manager and continually updated

• A
  19% (9)
• B
  6% (3)
• C
  70% (33)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

Inventorying all ongoing work is a foundational step in portfolio management, but the inventory alone provides no strategic value. The immediate next step is to prioritize those components so the organization can direct limited resources - people, budget, time - toward the work that best aligns with strategic objectives. The roadmap (A) and management plan (B) come later, after prioritization informs strategic sequencing. Option D describes a maintenance activity, not the primary purpose of having an inventory. Prioritization is what transforms a raw list into a managed portfolio.

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