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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. Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefit
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Charter
2. 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
Product Lifecycle
Governance
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
3. 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 Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Output
Program Charter Approval
Main Program Phases Two of Five
4. 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
Domain interaction
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Process assets
Program Management Responsibilities
5. 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
Programs
Program Setup Output
Components
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
6. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program begins
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Domain
Benefits Management
7. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio
Product Lifecycle
8. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Benefit
Programs
Portfolio Components
Enterprise environmental factor
9. 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 Realization Planning
Program
Program Initiation Phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
10. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Integration Testing
Portfolio
Process assets
11. 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.
Any time
Integration Testing
Program Governance
Phase-Gate Review
12. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Project
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Review
13. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefits Identification
Steering Committee
Project Domain
14. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program
Program Closure Phase
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase
15. 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
Phase-Gate Reviews
Main Program Phases One of Five
Project Domain
16. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Portfolio Review Board
Portfolio
Process Groups
17. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Program Shutdown
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Benefit Delivery
18. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Pre-program Preparations
19. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Benefits Realization
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
Portfolio
20. Program is ended by ________
Integration Testing
Strong communication skills
Steering Committee
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
21. ___________ 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.
Programs end
Benefit
Program Start
Product Lifecycle
22. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Phase-Gate Reviews
Project Management
23. 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.
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio Components
Portfolio Review Board
Delivery of Program Benefits
24. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Shutdown
Pre-Program Preparations
Program
Pre-Program Phase Activity
25. 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
Programs end
Program Approval Factor
Program Governance
Domain interaction
26. 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 Management Plan Content
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Management
27. 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 Charter Contents
Program Start
Benefit
Program Closure Phase Activities
28. 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 Closure Phase
Components
Program Charter Approval
Program Setup Output
29. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
PMO
Program Initiation
Process Groups
30. Management oversight of a program
Program Benefit Delivery
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Governance
Domain interaction
31. 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
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio Components
Portfolio
Program Charter Contents
32. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Portfolio
Program Benefit Delivery
Portfolio
Program Setup Phase
33. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Charter Approval
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Start
Benefits Transistion
34. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Phase-Gate Reviews
35. Fourth lifecycle phase
PMO
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Initiation
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
36. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Any time
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Portfolio Components
Portfolio
37. Third phase of benefits management
Programs end
Benefits Realization
Organizational Process Assets
Programs
38. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
PMO
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Realization Planning
39. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Initiation Phase
Program
40. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Steering Committee
Program Information Flow
41. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Domain
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Pre-program Preparations
Portfolio Management
42. 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.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program infrastructure
Program Charter Contents
Strong communication skills
43. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
PMO
Means of Governance
44. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Charter Contents
Benefit
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Management
45. Program Closure
Program Governance
Benefits Realization Planning
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
46. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Benefit Delivery
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Realization Planning
Process Groups
47. Second lifecycle phase
Process Groups
Program Closure Phase
Program Initiation
Pre-Program Preparations
48. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Project
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Manager
Program Charter Contents
49. Establishing a project governance structure to monitor and control the projects - Initiating projects in order to meet program objectives - Ensuring component deliverables meet the requirements - Analyzing the progress to plan - Identifying environme
Program Setup Phase
Program Life Cycle
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Domain interaction
50. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Portfolio Components
Project
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program infrastructure