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Updated Prioritized Program or Portfolio Backlog

The current, ranked list of program or portfolio work that has been refreshed to include new or revised user stories, approved change requests, newly identified risks, and any reordering of existing items. In this context, users are the people or organizations that directly use the product, service, or result; they can be internal or external, and in some cases the customer and the user are the same.

Key Points

  • A living, prioritized backlog at the program or portfolio level that changes as new information emerges.
  • Updated by adding new user stories, incorporating change requests, recording new risks, refining stories, and reprioritizing items.
  • Users are direct consumers of the outcome and may be inside or outside the organization; sometimes users and customers are the same.
  • Prioritization reflects strategic alignment, value, risk, dependencies, and capacity across teams.

Example

During a quarterly portfolio review, a compliance change request is approved, a critical security risk is identified, and several user stories are refined based on feedback from internal operations staff and external clients. The portfolio owner updates the prioritized backlog by adding the new items, adjusting acceptance criteria on existing stories, and moving the security-related work to the top to address the newly discovered risk.

PMP Example Question

After a governance review, new user stories are proposed, a change request is approved, and a significant risk is discovered. Which artifact should be revised to reflect the new ordering of work across multiple programs?

  1. Risk register
  2. Change log
  3. Updated Prioritized Program or Portfolio Backlog
  4. WBS dictionary

Correct Answer: C — Updated Prioritized Program or Portfolio Backlog

Explanation: The prioritized backlog is the central, ordered list of work at the program/portfolio level and should be updated to capture new stories, approved changes, newly identified risks, and reprioritization. The risk register and change log are also maintained, but they do not drive the cross-program ordering of delivery items.

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