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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. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Identification
Program Charter Contents
Program
2. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Portfolio
3. Delivery of Program Benefits
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Information Flow
Benefit
4. 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
Means of Governance
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Closure Phase Activity
Organizational Process Assets
5. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Means of Governance
6. 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 Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Management
Program Management Plan Content
7. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Project Domain
Process assets
Program Closure Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
8. 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
Phase-Gate Reviews
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup Phase
9. 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
Programs
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
10. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
Program Approval Factor
11. Management oversight of a program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Manager
Program Start
Governance
12. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Any time
Program Charter
Program begins
13. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Domain
Benefits Management
14. 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
Portfolio
Program Management Responsibilities
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Management
15. 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 Closure Phase Activities
Program Management
Program Initiation
Program Information Flow
16. 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
Program Charter Approval
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Output
17. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Programs
Program Governance
Program Information Flow
18. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Program Setup Phase
Initiating and planning
Program
19. ___________ 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 infrastructure
Programs end
Program Domain
Program Setup
20. 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.
Program Information Flow
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Governance
21. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Programs
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Initiation
Project
22. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefit
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Management Responsibilities
23. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio
Program Management Plan Content
24. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Program Closure Phase Activities
Means of Governance
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Pre-Program Phase Activity
25. 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 Management
Program
Program Management Responsibilities
26. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Integration Testing
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
27. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Programs
Benefits Realization
Phase-Gate Review
28. 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 Review Board
Domain interaction
Phase-Gate Review
Program Setup
29. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Approval Factor
Governance
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
30. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Benefit
Benefits Identification
Program Benefit Delivery
31. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Management
Program Setup Output
Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Identification
32. Pre-Program Preparations
Phase-Gate Review
Main Program Phases One of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program infrastructure
33. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Life Cycle
Program Start
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
34. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program
Phase-Gate Reviews
Project
Project Management
35. 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 Benefit Delivery
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Strong communication skills
Program Approval Factor
36. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure
37. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program
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
Organizational Process Assets
Project
Program Charter Contents
Process Groups
39. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Benefits Realization Planning
Benefit
Benefits Realization
40. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Closure Phase Activities
Phase-Gate Reviews
Delivery of Program Benefits
41. 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 Closure
Program Approval Factor
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
42. 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
Governance
Program Setup Phase Activity
Process assets
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
43. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation
Portfolio Management
Pre-program Preparations
44. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Initiating and planning
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
45. 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
Program Setup Phase
Governance
Relationship among projects within a program
Phase-Gate Review
46. 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
Benefits Transistion
Program begins
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio
47. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases Four of Five
48. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Portfolio
Integration Testing
Benefits Realization Planning
Enterprise environmental factor
49. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Initiating and planning
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Phase-Gate Reviews
50. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Manager
Portfolio
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Realization Planning