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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. Fourth lifecycle phase






4. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.






5. 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.






6. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






7. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






8. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.






9. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control






10. Third lifecycle phase






11. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements






12. 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






13. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






14. 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






15. ___________ 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.






16. Program Initiation






17. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






18. Third phase of benefits management






19. Management oversight of a program






20. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.






21. Fourth Phase of benefits management






22. Program Closure






23. Goes from Program to the components during the early phases of initiating and planning - and then from the components to the program during the later phases of planning and in the executing - monitoring and controlling - and closing phases.






24. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.






25. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






26. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.






27. Program is ended by ________






28. 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.






29. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.






30. 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






31. A program must have more than one to function.






32. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.






33. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






34. Second lifecycle phase






35. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.






36. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






37. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________






38. 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






39. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.






40. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






41. 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.






42. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.






43. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.






44. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






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.






46. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.






47. 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.






48. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.






49. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.






50. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched