PFMP · Question #753
Assume you are the portfolio manager for a telecommunications company. Your company was about to launch a new and easy to use smart phone with more features than any existing phones on the market at…
The correct answer is B. Portfolio process assets. When conducting an analysis of alternatives in response to a regulatory change (the FCC ruling), the results of that analysis should be recorded in portfolio process assets. Portfolio process assets capture historical information, lessons learned, templates, and documented…
Question
Assume you are the portfolio manager for a telecommunications company. Your company was about to launch a new and easy to use smart phone with more features than any existing phones on the market at a lower price. However, although the phone was due to market in five days, the Federal Communications Commission issued today a regulation that would make your new phone not available for use in airplanes. Thus additional work must be done, and your executives are wondering whether a new phone should be developed for this new feature. You are ensuring that if a new phone is developed, or if the almost completed product is not to be marketed, there is still alignment to the organization's strategy. As you complete an analysis of alternatives, you also should ensure results of the analysis are reflected in the:
Options
- ABenefits realization plan
- BPortfolio process assets
- CPortfolio roadmap
- DPortfolio performance plan
How the community answered
(53 responses)- A6% (3)
- B70% (37)
- C9% (5)
- D15% (8)
Explanation
When conducting an analysis of alternatives in response to a regulatory change (the FCC ruling), the results of that analysis should be recorded in portfolio process assets. Portfolio process assets capture historical information, lessons learned, templates, and documented analyses that can inform future portfolio decisions. Options A (benefits realization plan), C (portfolio roadmap), and D (portfolio performance plan) are strategic or planning artifacts - they consume and act on analysis outputs but are not the repository where analytical results are stored. Capturing analysis results in process assets ensures that the organization can reference this decision rationale in future scenarios involving regulatory disruption or go/no-go decisions.
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