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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.
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1. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter
Program Management
2. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Governance
Program Management
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
3. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Program Life Cycle
Benefits Realization Planning
Portfolio Management
Project
4. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Enterprise environmental factor
Steering Committee
Program Charter
5. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Benefit
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
6. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Portfolio Components
Process assets
Portfolio Review Board
Main Program Phases One of Five
7. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Steering Committee
Programs
Program Start
8. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Charter
Program Approval Factor
9. 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
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Realization
Project Domain
Program Management Plan Content
10. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Project Domain
Program begins
Governance
Program
11. Program Closure
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
12. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio Components
Means of Governance
Program infrastructure
13. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Benefits Identification
Programs
14. 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.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Transistion
Program Management Plan Content
15. 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
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup Phase
16. Second lifecycle phase
Program Charter Approval
Program Closure Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Initiation
17. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Benefits Realization
Program Manager
Portfolio
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
18. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Project Domain
Process Groups
Benefits Management
19. Pre-Program Preparations
Organizational Process Assets
Program Charter
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
20. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefits Management
Benefit
Program Closure Phase Activity
21. 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 Setup Phase
Program begins
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio Review Board
22. First phase of benefits management
Program Governance
Benefit
Benefits Identification
Programs
23. 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.
Program Initiation
Program Initiation Phase
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Management
24. 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.
Pre-Program Preparations
Pre-program Preparations
PMO
Portfolio Review Board
25. 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
Program Start
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter Contents
Program Closure Phase Activities
26. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Relationship among projects within a program
Enterprise environmental factor
Project Management
Program Management Responsibilities
27. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Charter Contents
Program Manager
28. 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.)
Enterprise environmental factor
Programs
Program Charter
29. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Programs
Program Management
Program Benefit Delivery
Program infrastructure
30. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Benefit
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
31. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Closure Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Strong communication skills
Portfolio Components
32. Third lifecycle phase
Strong communication skills
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup
Governance
33. A program must have more than one to function.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio
Components
34. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Project
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Benefit Delivery
35. 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.
Benefits Realization
Initiating and planning
Pre-program Preparations
Program Governance
36. ___________ 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.
Program Charter Approval
Product Lifecycle
Program Approval Factor
Programs end
37. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Benefit
Integration Testing
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Delivery of Program Benefits
38. 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 Setup Output
Program Initiation
Program Charter Approval
Benefits Management
39. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation
Program infrastructure
Main Program Phases One of Five
40. Third phase of benefits management
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Information Flow
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Benefits Realization
41. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Phase-Gate Review
Organizational Process Assets
Program Domain
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
42. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Benefit
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Manager
Relationship among projects within a program
43. Supports program manager and provides information on schedule and budget - performance - risks - inter-component status and issues - stakeholder communications - and all other program management information.
Governance
Program infrastructure
Process Groups
Process assets
44. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Information Flow
Portfolio Components
Program Approval Factor
Project Domain
45. 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 Life Cycle
Strong communication skills
PMO
Portfolio
46. Fourth lifecycle phase
Strong communication skills
Project
Delivery of Program Benefits
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
47. 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 Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Process assets
Program Setup Phase Activity
48. Management oversight of a program
Program Domain
Governance
Any time
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
49. 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Programs end
Program Charter Contents
Program
50. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Benefits Management
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Pre-Program Phase Activity