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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. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Charter
Benefits Realization
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Management
2. 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.
Portfolio Components
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Portfolio Review Board
Program Initiation
3. Pre-Program Preparations
Programs end
Project Domain
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases One of Five
4. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Information Flow
Main Program Phases Two of Five
5. 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
Integration Testing
Program Approval Factor
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter Contents
6. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program Setup Phase
Means of Governance
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio Review Board
7. 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.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Closure Phase Activities
Pre-program Preparations
Means of Governance
8. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Components
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
PMO
9. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Program Initiation Phase
Domain interaction
Process Groups
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
10. 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
Project Management
Program Setup Output
Governance
Phase-Gate Review
11. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase
Project Management
Program Closure Phase Activities
12. 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 Management Plan Content
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Relationship among projects within a program
13. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio Components
Benefits Realization Planning
Steering Committee
14. 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
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Reviews
15. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Management Plan Content
Program Closure Phase Activities
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup
16. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Components
17. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program Management
Strong communication skills
Project Management
Main Program Phases Two of Five
18. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Programs end
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Organizational Process Assets
19. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Program Start
Portfolio Review Board
Project
Portfolio
20. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Governance
Program Life Cycle
Program Shutdown
21. First phase of benefits management
Domain interaction
Benefits Identification
Program
Project
22. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Initiating and planning
Program Shutdown
Process assets
Pre-program Preparations
23. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Setup Phase
Project Domain
Benefits Transistion
Any time
24. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Manager
Benefits Realization Planning
Portfolio Review Board
Project Domain
25. 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.
Program Charter Approval
Program Initiation
Program Management
Main Program Phases Four of Five
26. 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 Management Plan Content
Program Shutdown
Portfolio Review Board
Program Manager
27. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Project Domain
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program
28. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Program infrastructure
Process assets
Portfolio Review Board
Program Closure
29. 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
Program
Program Shutdown
Project Domain
PMO
30. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Any time
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure
31. A program must have more than one to function.
Process assets
Components
Domain interaction
Program Benefit Delivery
32. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Manager
Program Management
Portfolio Components
Program Setup Phase
33. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Management
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Start
34. 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 Management
Means of Governance
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Main Program Phases One of Five
35. 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
Integration Testing
Benefits Management
Portfolio
Main Program Phases Four of Five
36. Second phase of benefits management
Domain interaction
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program infrastructure
Program Setup Phase Activity
37. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Process Groups
Project Domain
Portfolio Components
Relationship among projects within a program
38. 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 Management Responsibilities
Project Management
Phase-Gate Review
Product Lifecycle
39. 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
Project Domain
Program Initiation
Program Management Plan Content
Program Charter Contents
40. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Process assets
Parallel lifecycle to Program
41. 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 Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Integration Testing
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Output
42. 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
Program Shutdown
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
43. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup
Program Closure
44. Program is ended by ________
Portfolio
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Product Lifecycle
Steering Committee
45. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Strong communication skills
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup Output
46. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Charter Approval
Program Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Shutdown
47. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Portfolio Components
Relationship among projects within a program
Programs end
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
48. Third phase of benefits management
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter
Benefits Realization
Program Management
49. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Management Responsibilities
Integration Testing
Benefits Transistion
Program Setup Phase Activity
50. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation
Program Charter Contents
Program Start