WGU E091 Task 2 Digital Product Portfolio &
Execution Plan | Building a Successful IT
Organization | 2026 Update.
1. In WGU's product development lifecycle, which phase is responsible for
ensuring every new product includes a Skills Map that identifies all marketable
skills?
A) Phase 1: Program Portfolio Strategy
B) Phase 3: Skills Map Review
C) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
D) Phase 8: Test & Publish Products
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 3, "Skills Map Review," is specifically designed to ensure a Skills
Map with all needed marketable skills for a proposed new product or product
enhancement has been identified and is current, a prerequisite for subsequent
design phases .
2. Which document consolidates work from the first five phases, including
detailed product specifications, resource requirements, and production
timelines?
A) Product Investment Proposal
B) Project Charter
C) Skills Map
D) Product Design Document
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 6, "Create Charter and Roadmap," consolidates the work
completed in the first five phases with detailed product specifications, resource
requirements, and accurate production timelines into the Project Charter .
3. The "Build vs. Buy" analysis is formally executed during which phase of the
WGU product lifecycle?
A) Phase 2: Academic Project Intake and Prioritization
,B) Phase 4: Design Products
C) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
D) Phase 7: Develop Products
Answer: C
Rationale: Phase 5, "Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations," focuses
on discovering the best options to support student learning, which includes
making unbiased build or buy decisions for curriculum and platforms .
4. At which stage are objective assessment test forms, cut scores, and
performance assessment rubrics actually created?
A) Phase 4: Design Products
B) Phase 6: Create Charter and Roadmap
C) Phase 7: Develop Products
D) Phase 8: Test & Publish Products
Answer: C
Rationale: Phase 7, "Develop Products," is "purely the creation of products based
on the design specifications," and includes the development of Objective
Assessment Test Forms, Cut Scores, and Performance Assessment Rubrics .
5. Who is primarily responsible for signing vendor contracts and ensuring
multimedia assets are developed during the product creation process?
A) The Program Architect (PA)
B) The Project Manager (PjM)
C) The Instructional Designer (ID) and Assessment Developer (AD) Teams
D) The Vice President of Portfolio Strategy (VPPS)
Answer: C
Rationale: The "Develop Products" phase lists the Instructional Designer (ID) and
Assessment Developer (AD) Teams as responsible for deliverables, which include
ensuring signed vendor contracts and the completion of multimedia assets .
6. What is the primary goal of Phase 2: Academic Project Intake, Prioritization,
and Management?
A) To evaluate product concept investment proposals.
B) To ensure projects are captured, prioritized, and managed with high risk
,mitigation.
C) To design the course and product documents.
D) To test the product with users.
Answer: B
Rationale: The description of Phase 2 states its purpose is to ensure that all
projects are captured, prioritized, launched, and managed with a high degree of
risk mitigation while being completed on time and within budget .
7. The role of the "Learning Resource Specialist (LRS)" is most critical during
which phase?
A) Phase 1: Program Portfolio Strategy
B) Phase 3: Skills Map Review
C) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
D) Phase 7: Develop Products
Answer: C
Rationale: The "Learning Resource Specialist" is listed as a key role in Phase 5,
which is specifically focused on recommending learning assets and learning
resource options .
8. A "Product Investment Proposal" is first reviewed in which phase and by
which committee?
A) Phase 2, by the Project Manager
B) Phase 1, by a Steering Council
C) Phase 6, by the Resource Manager
D) Phase 8, by the Psychometrician
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 1, "Program Portfolio Strategy," includes the review of product
concepts and performance. The provided list of tools includes a "Meeting
Worksheet: Present Proposal to Steering Counsel," indicating the Product
Investment Proposal is reviewed here .
9. What is the purpose of a "Skills Map" in WGU's product development?
A) To map out the project's technical infrastructure.
B) To outline the budget and resource allocation.
, C) To identify all the marketable skills the product will teach.
D) To assign project managers to specific tasks.
Answer: C
Rationale: The description for Phase 3 states the Skills Map is essential to ensure
"all of the needed marketable skills for a proposed new product or product
enhancement has been identified" .
10. An IT leader is deciding whether to build a new online lab environment or
purchase a SaaS solution. Which phase should they consult for the "Build vs.
Buy" templates?
A) Phase 4: Design Products
B) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
C) Phase 6: Create Charter and Roadmap
D) Phase 7: Develop Products
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 5 specifically includes "Build vs. Buy Templates" as part of its
tools and procedures to help make unbiased platform and curriculum decisions .
11. Which of the following is NOT a typical deliverable of Phase 7: Develop
Products?
A) Signed Vendor Contracts
B) Multimedia Assets
C) Project Charter
D) SME Feedback
Answer: C
Rationale: The Project Charter is created in Phase 6: Create Charter and Roadmap.
Phase 7 deliverables include signed vendor contracts, completed courses,
multimedia assets, and SME feedback .
12. Who is responsible for creating the "Distributed Assessment Traverse" as
part of the Design phase?
A) Project Manager
B) Instructional Designer (ID)
C) Program Architect
Execution Plan | Building a Successful IT
Organization | 2026 Update.
1. In WGU's product development lifecycle, which phase is responsible for
ensuring every new product includes a Skills Map that identifies all marketable
skills?
A) Phase 1: Program Portfolio Strategy
B) Phase 3: Skills Map Review
C) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
D) Phase 8: Test & Publish Products
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 3, "Skills Map Review," is specifically designed to ensure a Skills
Map with all needed marketable skills for a proposed new product or product
enhancement has been identified and is current, a prerequisite for subsequent
design phases .
2. Which document consolidates work from the first five phases, including
detailed product specifications, resource requirements, and production
timelines?
A) Product Investment Proposal
B) Project Charter
C) Skills Map
D) Product Design Document
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 6, "Create Charter and Roadmap," consolidates the work
completed in the first five phases with detailed product specifications, resource
requirements, and accurate production timelines into the Project Charter .
3. The "Build vs. Buy" analysis is formally executed during which phase of the
WGU product lifecycle?
A) Phase 2: Academic Project Intake and Prioritization
,B) Phase 4: Design Products
C) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
D) Phase 7: Develop Products
Answer: C
Rationale: Phase 5, "Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations," focuses
on discovering the best options to support student learning, which includes
making unbiased build or buy decisions for curriculum and platforms .
4. At which stage are objective assessment test forms, cut scores, and
performance assessment rubrics actually created?
A) Phase 4: Design Products
B) Phase 6: Create Charter and Roadmap
C) Phase 7: Develop Products
D) Phase 8: Test & Publish Products
Answer: C
Rationale: Phase 7, "Develop Products," is "purely the creation of products based
on the design specifications," and includes the development of Objective
Assessment Test Forms, Cut Scores, and Performance Assessment Rubrics .
5. Who is primarily responsible for signing vendor contracts and ensuring
multimedia assets are developed during the product creation process?
A) The Program Architect (PA)
B) The Project Manager (PjM)
C) The Instructional Designer (ID) and Assessment Developer (AD) Teams
D) The Vice President of Portfolio Strategy (VPPS)
Answer: C
Rationale: The "Develop Products" phase lists the Instructional Designer (ID) and
Assessment Developer (AD) Teams as responsible for deliverables, which include
ensuring signed vendor contracts and the completion of multimedia assets .
6. What is the primary goal of Phase 2: Academic Project Intake, Prioritization,
and Management?
A) To evaluate product concept investment proposals.
B) To ensure projects are captured, prioritized, and managed with high risk
,mitigation.
C) To design the course and product documents.
D) To test the product with users.
Answer: B
Rationale: The description of Phase 2 states its purpose is to ensure that all
projects are captured, prioritized, launched, and managed with a high degree of
risk mitigation while being completed on time and within budget .
7. The role of the "Learning Resource Specialist (LRS)" is most critical during
which phase?
A) Phase 1: Program Portfolio Strategy
B) Phase 3: Skills Map Review
C) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
D) Phase 7: Develop Products
Answer: C
Rationale: The "Learning Resource Specialist" is listed as a key role in Phase 5,
which is specifically focused on recommending learning assets and learning
resource options .
8. A "Product Investment Proposal" is first reviewed in which phase and by
which committee?
A) Phase 2, by the Project Manager
B) Phase 1, by a Steering Council
C) Phase 6, by the Resource Manager
D) Phase 8, by the Psychometrician
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 1, "Program Portfolio Strategy," includes the review of product
concepts and performance. The provided list of tools includes a "Meeting
Worksheet: Present Proposal to Steering Counsel," indicating the Product
Investment Proposal is reviewed here .
9. What is the purpose of a "Skills Map" in WGU's product development?
A) To map out the project's technical infrastructure.
B) To outline the budget and resource allocation.
, C) To identify all the marketable skills the product will teach.
D) To assign project managers to specific tasks.
Answer: C
Rationale: The description for Phase 3 states the Skills Map is essential to ensure
"all of the needed marketable skills for a proposed new product or product
enhancement has been identified" .
10. An IT leader is deciding whether to build a new online lab environment or
purchase a SaaS solution. Which phase should they consult for the "Build vs.
Buy" templates?
A) Phase 4: Design Products
B) Phase 5: Platform and Learning Resource Recommendations
C) Phase 6: Create Charter and Roadmap
D) Phase 7: Develop Products
Answer: B
Rationale: Phase 5 specifically includes "Build vs. Buy Templates" as part of its
tools and procedures to help make unbiased platform and curriculum decisions .
11. Which of the following is NOT a typical deliverable of Phase 7: Develop
Products?
A) Signed Vendor Contracts
B) Multimedia Assets
C) Project Charter
D) SME Feedback
Answer: C
Rationale: The Project Charter is created in Phase 6: Create Charter and Roadmap.
Phase 7 deliverables include signed vendor contracts, completed courses,
multimedia assets, and SME feedback .
12. Who is responsible for creating the "Distributed Assessment Traverse" as
part of the Design phase?
A) Project Manager
B) Instructional Designer (ID)
C) Program Architect
