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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Means of Governance
Program begins
Program Closure Phase Activity
Pre-Program Phase Activity
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
Programs end
Program Management Plan Content
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Benefit Delivery
3. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Identification
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
4. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Charter
Program Manager
Parallel lifecycle to Program
5. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Components
Means of Governance
Program begins
Portfolio
6. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Components
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Management
7. 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 infrastructure
Program Charter Contents
Program Life Cycle
Phase-Gate Review
8. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Management Plan Content
Program Closure
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Benefits Management
9. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Program Setup Phase
Domain interaction
PMO
Integration Testing
10. 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 Closure Phase
Program Life Cycle
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Charter Contents
11. A program must have more than one to function.
Components
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Project Management
Strong communication skills
12. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project Management
Project
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Closure Phase
13. Program Setup
Program Closure Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Three of Five
PMO
Program begins
14. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Start
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Management Responsibilities
Phase-Gate Reviews
15. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Program Governance
Portfolio Management
Process Groups
16. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
17. 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.
Program Setup Phase
Process Groups
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Transistion
18. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Enterprise environmental factor
19. 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
Steering Committee
Any time
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Closure
20. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Organizational Process Assets
Program Shutdown
Programs
21. Program Initiation
Program Life Cycle
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-program Preparations
22. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Domain
Portfolio Components
Program Setup Phase
Program
23. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Initiating and planning
Benefits Management
Any time
Program Management Plan Content
24. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Portfolio Components
Benefits Identification
Benefits Management
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
Pre-program Preparations
Program Approval Factor
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
26. ___________ 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
Program Shutdown
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Programs end
27. 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
Program Setup Phase
Programs end
Program Setup Phase Activity
28. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program
29. Second lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Three of Five
30. Third phase of benefits management
Governance
Project Domain
Benefits Realization
Benefits Analysis and Planning
31. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
32. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Information Flow
Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Charter Contents
33. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Program Start
Program Setup Phase Activity
Pre-Program Phase Activity
34. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review
Process Groups
Programs
35. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Management Plan Content
Integration Testing
Portfolio Review Board
36. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Closure Phase Activities
Process Groups
Program Setup Output
Project Domain
37. Program is ended by ________
Strong communication skills
Steering Committee
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Programs
38. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Closure
Pre-Program Preparations
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
Program Setup Phase
Programs
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Charter
40. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program
Program Setup Phase Activity
Pre-Program Phase Activity
41. 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.
PMO
Program Management
Program Initiation
Program Initiation Phase Activity
42. 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
PMO
Program Information Flow
Program Shutdown
Programs end
43. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio Components
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Programs
44. 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
Any time
Program Information Flow
Program
45. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project Domain
Program Setup Output
Program Closure Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
46. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Steering Committee
Program Setup Output
Strong communication skills
Benefit
47. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Closure
Benefit
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Identification
48. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio Management
Benefits Identification
49. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Life Cycle
50. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Main Program Phases One of Five
Portfolio
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase