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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ___________ 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.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Programs end
Program Governance
Program infrastructure
2. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Portfolio Review Board
Process Groups
Organizational Process Assets
Integration Testing
3. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Organizational Process Assets
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Enterprise environmental factor
4. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Realization Planning
Steering Committee
5. Identification - monitoring and control of the inter-dependencies between the projects; Dealing with the escalated issues among the projects that compromise the program; and tracking the contribution of each project and the non-project work to the co
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
Benefits Identification
Program Charter
6. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Benefits Transistion
Program Closure Phase Activities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Charter
7. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Pre-Program Preparations
Project
Program Charter Contents
8. Desired outcomes - Benefits analysis - which identifies and plans for their realization Strategic fit within the organization's long term goals. - Total available resources - Estimated time scale - costs - and effort required to set-up - manage and d
Program Approval Factor
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup
Parallel lifecycle to Program
9. Justification - vision - strategic fit - outcomes - scope - benefit strategy - assumptions and constraints - components - risks and issues - time scale - resources needed - stakeholder considerations - program governance - and the initial high-level
Organizational Process Assets
Program
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Contents
10. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Setup Phase
Any time
Process assets
Program Shutdown
11. Second lifecycle phase
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Initiation
12. Second phase of benefits management
Program Closure Phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Benefit
13. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Benefit
Benefits Realization Planning
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
14. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program begins
Program Domain
Programs
15. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Programs end
Benefits Realization
Program Management Responsibilities
16. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Benefits Realization Planning
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Initiation
17. 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
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program infrastructure
Program Manager
18. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Programs end
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Identification
Program Closure
19. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Any time
20. End result and expectations - Timeline for program benefit realization - Program budget - Risks and issues - Dependencies - assumptions - constraints - Management of the program and components - Other required services - Program
Process assets
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
Program Setup
21. 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
Program Governance
Process assets
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Setup
22. Also known as Executive Steering Group may issue a program mandate which defines the strategic objectives and benefits that the program is expected to deliver.
Benefit
Programs end
Program Setup Phase Activity
Portfolio Review Board
23. 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 infrastructure
Process Groups
Program Charter Approval
Project Management
24. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Management
Initiating and planning
Program Charter Contents
25. Understanding the strategic benefits of the program - Developing a plan to initiate the program - Defining the program objectives and their alignment with the organizational goals - Developing a high level business case demonstrating an understanding
Programs end
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Pre-Program Phase Activity
26. Oversees the progress of the program and the delivery of the coordinated benefits from its components. Implementation is critical for the success of a program since it is difficult for an individual to manage complex programs.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Governance
Programs
27. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase
28. 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
Benefits Management
Program Charter Approval
Project Domain
Program Setup Phase
29. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Strong communication skills
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Charter Contents
30. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Programs
Program Setup Phase
Project Management
Benefits Management
31. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio
Pre-program Preparations
Pre-Program Preparations
32. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
PMO
Program Approval Factor
Domain interaction
Parallel lifecycle to Program
33. 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.
Pre-Program Preparations
Any time
Program Initiation Phase
Program
34. Management oversight of a program
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Governance
Phase-Gate Review
Program infrastructure
35. 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
Benefits Management
Program
Phase-Gate Review
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
36. 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 Closure Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup
Program Setup Phase
37. The centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objective and benefits. It involves aligning multiple projects to achieve the program goals and allows for optimized or integrated cost - schedule - and effort.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Management
Initiating and planning
Program Domain
38. 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 Initiation
Program
PMO
Pre-Program Preparations
39. First lifecycle phase
Program Charter Approval
Pre-Program Preparations
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio Review Board
40. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Governance
Project
Main Program Phases Two of Five
41. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio Components
Program Closure Phase Activities
Phase-Gate Review
42. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Start
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Domain interaction
43. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Output
Benefits Realization
Program Life Cycle
44. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Initiating and planning
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Programs
Pre-program Preparations
45. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Portfolio Components
Benefit
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Initiation Phase Activity
46. Program Closure
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Charter Approval
47. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
48. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Benefits Management
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Project Management
Program Management Plan Content
49. 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 Approval Factor
Benefits Management
Phase-Gate Review
Pre-Program Preparations
50. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
Relationship among projects within a program