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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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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. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Integration Testing
Program Charter Contents
2. Program Closure
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Five of Five
3. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Start
Program Manager
Program begins
Benefits Realization Planning
4. 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
Program infrastructure
Program Start
Steering Committee
PMO
5. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio
Program Charter Approval
Benefit
6. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup
Program Initiation Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
7. 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
Benefits Realization
Program Charter Contents
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Strong communication skills
8. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Portfolio Management
Means of Governance
Project Management
Program Initiation
9. Third lifecycle phase
Portfolio
Program Setup
Program Domain
Benefits Management
10. Third phase of benefits management
Program Charter Approval
Program Domain
Benefits Realization
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
11. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program infrastructure
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Main Program Phases Five of Five
12. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Portfolio Components
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Management
Relationship among projects within a program
13. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Enterprise environmental factor
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Portfolio
Project Management
14. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Phase-Gate Review
Organizational Process Assets
Program Charter Contents
15. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Project Domain
Programs
Steering Committee
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
16. 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.
Program
Portfolio Review Board
Strong communication skills
Program Setup Phase
17. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Initiation
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Closure Phase Activity
18. 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
Project Management
Process Groups
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
19. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup
Process assets
Strong communication skills
20. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Portfolio Management
PMO
Portfolio Components
21. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Shutdown
Portfolio Components
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Governance
22. Second phase of benefits management
Programs
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Organizational Process Assets
23. 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.
Portfolio Review Board
Organizational Process Assets
Program Information Flow
Program Shutdown
24. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Portfolio Components
25. 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.
Program Start
Benefits Identification
Program infrastructure
Means of Governance
26. 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
PMO
Program Benefit Delivery
Portfolio
Program Setup Phase Activity
27. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program begins
Portfolio
Process Groups
Initiating and planning
28. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Charter
Phase-Gate Reviews
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Start
29. 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
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits
30. A program must have more than one to function.
Enterprise environmental factor
Components
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Shutdown
31. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Benefits Realization Planning
Program infrastructure
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio Management
32. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Process Groups
Programs end
Portfolio
33. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Domain
Program Life Cycle
Phase-Gate Reviews
Phase-Gate Review
34. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio
Benefits Analysis and Planning
35. 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
Program infrastructure
Program Management
Any time
36. 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
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Integration Testing
37. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Process assets
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Identification
Pre-Program Phase Activity
38. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Manager
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
Pre-Program Preparations
39. Second lifecycle phase
Program begins
Program Initiation
Governance
Program Management
40. ___________ 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.
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase Activity
Programs end
Relationship among projects within a program
41. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Manager
Program Life Cycle
Main Program Phases Three of Five
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
Steering Committee
Program Governance
Program Charter Contents
43. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Setup
Portfolio
Process Groups
Program Initiation Phase Activity
44. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Manager
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefits Transistion
45. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Benefits Realization Planning
Benefit
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
46. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase
47. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
Program Manager
Program Information Flow
48. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Manager
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Closure Phase Activities
49. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Components
Portfolio Management
Benefits Realization
Program Start
50. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio Management
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives