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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. Second phase of benefits management
Program infrastructure
Program Start
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Two of Five
2. Program Setup
Relationship among projects within a program
Process assets
Program begins
Main Program Phases Three of Five
3. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio
Pre-program Preparations
4. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Closure
Organizational Process Assets
Program Manager
Program Closure Phase Activities
5. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio
Portfolio Components
Program Initiation Phase Activity
6. 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
PMO
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Analysis and Planning
7. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Programs
Program Setup Phase Activity
Portfolio Components
8. 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.
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Initiation Phase
Program
Main Program Phases Four of Five
9. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Closure Phase
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Manager
10. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Phase-Gate Review
Strong communication skills
Program Domain
Program Start
11. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Charter Approval
Program Setup Phase Activity
12. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Charter
Program Governance
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
13. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Domain interaction
Program Setup Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
14. 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
Domain interaction
Phase-Gate Review
Program Approval Factor
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
15. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Steering Committee
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Project
Benefit
16. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Portfolio
Portfolio Components
Program Initiation
17. Management oversight of a program
Benefits Identification
Process assets
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Governance
18. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Closure
Relationship among projects within a program
19. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Governance
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Project Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
20. 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
Project Management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Charter Contents
Program Domain
21. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Process Groups
Project Domain
Program Management Plan Content
22. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Governance
Any time
23. 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.
Components
Process Groups
Program Management
Program Charter
24. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Relationship among projects within a program
Programs end
Project
25. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Management Plan Content
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Closure
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
26. 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
Benefits Identification
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program
27. 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
Governance
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Portfolio
Pre-Program Phase Activity
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 Charter Approval
Benefits Identification
Process assets
Program Setup Phase
29. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Integration Testing
Program Charter
30. ___________ 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 Initiation
Process assets
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Programs end
31. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Closure
Program Setup Phase Activity
Strong communication skills
32. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Product Lifecycle
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
PMO
33. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Project
Program Closure
Program
34. 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.
Program Governance
Program Manager
Means of Governance
Domain interaction
35. 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
Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation
Benefits Management
36. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Manager
Benefits Management
37. 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
Pre-Program Preparations
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
38. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Benefits Realization Planning
Program begins
Integration Testing
Means of Governance
39. Third phase of benefits management
Programs end
Benefits Realization
Benefits Transistion
Project Management
40. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Approval Factor
Process Groups
41. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Governance
Main Program Phases One of Five
Project
42. 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
Phase-Gate Review
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
43. 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
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Life Cycle
Program Closure Phase Activity
Programs
44. 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 Shutdown
Program infrastructure
Program Management Responsibilities
Program
45. 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
Program Setup
Benefits Management
Program Setup Output
46. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Charter Contents
Program Closure Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
Program
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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program infrastructure
48. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Portfolio
Benefits Management
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Means of Governance
49. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Project
Programs
Benefits Management
50. Pre-Program Preparations
Product Lifecycle
Program Manager
Main Program Phases One of Five
Relationship among projects within a program