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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. Management oversight of a program
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Information Flow
Governance
Program Start
2. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Steering Committee
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases Five of Five
3. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Domain
Program Closure Phase Activities
Domain interaction
Program Closure
4. 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
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Project
Program Management Plan Content
Portfolio Review Board
5. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program infrastructure
Initiating and planning
Means of Governance
Program Charter Contents
6. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Benefit
Programs
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Closure Phase Activity
7. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Management Plan Content
Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
8. Program Setup
PMO
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
9. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Product Lifecycle
Program
Benefits Transistion
10. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Programs end
Portfolio Management
Enterprise environmental factor
11. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Relationship among projects within a program
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Management
Portfolio
12. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefit
13. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Means of Governance
Initiating and planning
Program Governance
14. 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 Initiation Phase
Program Management Responsibilities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
15. Program Closure
Program Setup Output
Relationship among projects within a program
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Charter Contents
16. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Integration Testing
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Benefits Management
17. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program
Governance
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Domain
18. 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
Organizational Process Assets
Program Closure Phase Activities
Programs
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
19. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Any time
Program infrastructure
Program Setup Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
20. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Benefits Identification
Program Governance
Program Shutdown
Program Closure Phase Activity
21. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Management
22. 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.
Process assets
Program Management Responsibilities
Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Phase
23. 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
Program Approval Factor
Main Program Phases One of Five
Phase-Gate Review
24. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase Activities
25. 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
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Management
Program Management
26. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
Initiating and planning
Program Management Plan Content
Program Shutdown
27. Pre-Program Preparations
Program begins
Main Program Phases One of Five
Portfolio
Program Charter
28. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Governance
Strong communication skills
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Charter Approval
29. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Means of Governance
Program Charter Contents
Program Closure Phase
30. 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
Programs
Program Charter Contents
Pre-Program Phase Activity
31. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio Components
Domain interaction
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
32. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Components
Program Charter
33. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Transistion
PMO
Any time
34. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Benefits Management
Phase-Gate Review
Program begins
35. 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
Any time
Project
Program Setup Phase
Program Management Responsibilities
36. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Shutdown
Benefits Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
37. 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
Program begins
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Relationship among projects within a program
38. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Process assets
Portfolio Components
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
39. 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
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Process assets
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
40. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Closure Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Life Cycle
Program Charter
41. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Relationship among projects within a program
Portfolio
Integration Testing
Process assets
42. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Program Information Flow
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Organizational Process Assets
Strong communication skills
43. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process Groups
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
44. Primary objective is to develop in greater detail how a program can be structured and managed to deliver the desired outcomes that were identified in the program mandate.
Program Setup Phase
Programs end
Program Life Cycle
Program Initiation Phase
45. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program infrastructure
Phase-Gate Review
Phase-Gate Review Approach
46. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Management Plan Content
Program Initiation Phase
47. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Life Cycle
Project
Benefits Management
Program Initiation Phase
48. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio Components
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Phase Activity
49. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process assets
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup
50. 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
Portfolio Components
Delivery of Program Benefits
Programs end