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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio Management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
2. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activity
Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation Phase Activity
3. A program manager has been identified - and the key input into this phase - a program brief or charter defining high-level scope - objectives - visions and constraints has been generated.
Program Manager
Program Setup Phase
Initiating and planning
Process Groups
4. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Charter Contents
Program Approval Factor
Initiating and planning
Means of Governance
5. Primary objective is to develop in greater detail how a program can be structured and managed to deliver the desired outcomes that were identified in the program mandate.
Domain interaction
Program Initiation Phase
Project
Program Approval Factor
6. Second lifecycle phase
Program Closure Phase Activity
Components
Program Initiation
Process assets
7. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Initiation
Portfolio Management
Program Charter Contents
8. Purpose is to initiate the component projects and manage the development of the program benefits - which were identified during the initial phases. Ends when the planned benefits of the program are achieved - delivered and accepted or a decision is m
Program Governance
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Portfolio
9. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Information Flow
PMO
Benefits Transistion
Means of Governance
10. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Program Governance
Program Charter Approval
Program
Benefits Realization
11. Program Initiation
Programs
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Management
12. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. Multiple related projects that are initiated during the program's life cycle and are managed in a coordinated fashi
Program Information Flow
Program
Project Domain
Program Domain
13. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Steering Committee
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Start
14. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Components
Process assets
Program Benefit Delivery
15. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Output
Phase-Gate Review
16. ___________ when all compenents within the program have successfully produced their deliverable and have been incorporated into the final product; and that procud has been delivered or tranistioned into operations.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Management
Programs end
Project
17. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefits Realization
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Benefits Management
18. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program Charter Contents
Program Life Cycle
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio
19. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Portfolio
Program Charter
Program Setup
Program Charter Contents
20. Defines program management processes - manages schedule and budget at the program level - Defines program quality standards and components - Provides document configuration management - Provides centralized support for managing changes and tracking r
Program Charter Contents
Program Governance
PMO
Benefits Management
21. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Benefits Transistion
Program begins
Benefits Management
Portfolio Components
22. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Programs
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Steering Committee
Means of Governance
23. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Product Lifecycle
Phase-Gate Reviews
24. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
PMO
Phase-Gate Reviews
Project Domain
Benefits Realization
25. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Management
Means of Governance
Project Management
26. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Portfolio Management
Program infrastructure
Program Approval Factor
27. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
Components
Program Manager
28. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Program Initiation Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Strong communication skills
Steering Committee
29. Focuses on the analysis of the available information about organizational and business strategies - internal & external influences - program drivers - and the benefits that involved parties expected to realize.
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Pre-program Preparations
30. Infrastructure (existing facilities and equipment) - Existing human resources - personnel administration (staffing/retention policies - etc.) - company work authorization systems - marketplace conditions - - stakeholder risk tolerances - political c
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Process assets
Portfolio Management
Initiating and planning
31. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Project Domain
Enterprise environmental factor
32. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Project Domain
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase Activity
33. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Components
Project Domain
Main Program Phases Four of Five
34. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Process Groups
Strong communication skills
Program Setup Phase
35. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Shutdown
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Life Cycle
36. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Domain
Integration Testing
Portfolio Management
37. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Program Life Cycle
Program Setup Phase
Relationship among projects within a program
Parallel lifecycle to Program
38. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Steering Committee
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Domain
Program Charter
39. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Setup Phase
Product Lifecycle
40. Vision and key objectives for success criteria - Expected outcomes and benefits - Program assumptions and constraints - High-level program plan - Known risks and issues - Identifications of suitable business change managers with the ability to influe
Relationship among projects within a program
Project Domain
Initiating and planning
Program Charter Contents
41. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Output
Enterprise environmental factor
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Setup Phase
42. Each one functions as a "go" or "no-go" decision point on the program as a whole. Performed to check the program performance against the planned criteria for exit from the phase that has just been completed - and to determine the readiness for procee
Program Management Plan Content
Programs
Program begins
Phase-Gate Review
43. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program begins
Program Closure
44. Aligning the vision - mission and values - Developing an initial detailed cost and schedule plan - Conducting feasibility studies - where applicable - Establishing rules for make/buy decisions as well as those for selecting subcontractors - Develo
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Life Cycle
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
45. Third lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Charter Contents
46. First lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase
Program Life Cycle
47. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure Phase
Program
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
48. Projects related only by a shared client - technology - seller - or resources - A collection of components (i.e. projects - programs - portfolios - and other work such as maintenance and related ongoing operations) that are grouped together to facili
Portfolio
Program Initiation
Program begins
Program Approval Factor
49. Review status of benefits with stakeholders - Disband the program organization - Disband the program team - Dismantle the infrastructure and ensure arrangements are in place for appropriate redeployment of all physical resources - Provide customer su
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio
Program
Program Closure Phase Activity
50. Purpose is to progressively elaborate the program charter and develop the foundation for the program by establishing an infrastructure and building a detailed "road map" that provides direction on how the program will be managed and defines its key d
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Identification
Program Charter Contents