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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. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Program
Project
Program Management Plan Content
2. 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.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup Phase
Program Management
Program Governance
3. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Management
Phase-Gate Reviews
Project Domain
Project Management
4. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Life Cycle
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Portfolio
Benefits Management
5. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup Phase
6. 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
Program Charter Contents
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
7. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefit
Portfolio Components
Phase-Gate Review
8. 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
Portfolio Components
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Any time
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
9. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activity
10. 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.
Components
Program Management
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Initiation Phase
11. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Programs
Benefits Management
Program Information Flow
12. 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
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio
Phase-Gate Reviews
13. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Programs end
Integration Testing
Pre-program Preparations
14. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Relationship among projects within a program
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Steering Committee
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.
Programs end
Project
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Management
16. 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
Program Charter
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Closure
17. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio Review Board
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio
18. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
PMO
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
Program Approval Factor
19. 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.
Program
Portfolio Review Board
Program Closure Phase
Main Program Phases Five of Five
20. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Portfolio Components
Project Management
Governance
21. 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
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Approval Factor
Product Lifecycle
22. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
PMO
Program Management Responsibilities
23. 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 Closure Phase Activities
Programs
Program Setup Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
24. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Product Lifecycle
Relationship among projects within a program
25. 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.
Phase-Gate Review
Program Information Flow
Program Management Responsibilities
Any time
26. Management oversight of a program
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Governance
27. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefit
Portfolio Management
Components
28. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Setup Phase Activity
Portfolio
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Management
29. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Charter Approval
Program Management
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio
30. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Phase-Gate Review
Portfolio
Portfolio Management
31. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Portfolio Review Board
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter Approval
32. 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
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program
33. Fifth lifecycle phase
Phase-Gate Review
Means of Governance
Benefits Management
Program Closure
34. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup Output
Program Charter Contents
35. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases One of Five
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Phase-Gate Review
36. 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
Portfolio Components
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
37. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio Review Board
38. 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
Program Initiation
Portfolio
Process Groups
Program Charter Contents
39. 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
Governance
Portfolio Management
Program Setup Phase
Program Shutdown
40. A program must have more than one to function.
Governance
Portfolio Components
Project Domain
Components
41. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Programs end
Project Management
Program Charter Contents
42. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Any time
Program infrastructure
Program Closure
43. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Start
Project Management
44. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Integration Testing
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Start
Means of Governance
45. 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
Program infrastructure
Program Management Plan Content
Steering Committee
Program begins
46. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Information Flow
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio
47. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
PMO
Program Information Flow
48. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Project Management
Means of Governance
Project
PMO
49. Program Initiation
Governance
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio Review Board
50. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio Components
Program Charter
Programs end