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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






2. First phase of benefits management






3. 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






4. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements






5. 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






6. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects






7. 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






8. 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






9. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________






10. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.






11. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.






12. ___________ 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.






13. 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






14. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






15. 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






16. Program Setup






17. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.






18. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






22. Pre-Program Preparations






23. 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






24. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






25. Fourth lifecycle phase






26. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






27. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.






28. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.






29. Third lifecycle phase






30. Program is ended by ________






31. Fourth Phase of benefits management






32. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.






33. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






34. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.






35. 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.






36. Program Initiation






37. Second phase of benefits management






38. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.






39. Supports program manager and provides information on schedule and budget - performance - risks - inter-component status and issues - stakeholder communications - and all other program management information.






40. Fifth lifecycle phase






41. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________






42. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.






43. 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.






44. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched






45. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.






46. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






47. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






48. 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






49. A program must have more than one to function.






50. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related