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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
Means of Governance
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Programs end
2. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio
Project
Project Domain
3. 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
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Charter Contents
4. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Benefits Transistion
Program Start
Program
Benefits Management
5. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Steering Committee
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Project Domain
6. 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
Enterprise environmental factor
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Means of Governance
Program Shutdown
7. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Program Management Plan Content
Portfolio Components
Benefits Realization
8. 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
Process Groups
Project
Project Management
9. 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
Relationship among projects within a program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase Activity
10. 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 Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Shutdown
11. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Process Groups
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio Management
12. 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
Portfolio Components
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
PMO
13. 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
Governance
Program Closure Phase Activity
Project Management
Program Charter Approval
14. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Pre-program Preparations
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Means of Governance
15. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program
Initiating and planning
Program Benefit Delivery
Domain interaction
16. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Portfolio Management
Phase-Gate Review
Program Domain
17. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Phase-Gate Review
Program Setup
Relationship among projects within a program
Main Program Phases Two of Five
18. Pre-Program Preparations
Program
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Realization
19. 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
Portfolio Components
Program Charter
Programs end
Program Charter Contents
20. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
21. 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 Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Review
Program Management Plan Content
22. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Setup Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
PMO
Program infrastructure
23. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Process Groups
Governance
Benefits Identification
24. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program Initiation
Relationship among projects within a program
Program begins
Program Charter
25. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Charter Contents
Programs end
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
26. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activities
27. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Project Management
Program Benefit Delivery
28. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Pre-Program Preparations
Initiating and planning
Program
29. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Charter Contents
Program Information Flow
Benefits Transistion
Benefits Realization Planning
30. First phase of benefits management
Programs
Program Governance
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Identification
31. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Benefit Delivery
Programs
Benefit
Integration Testing
32. A program must have more than one to function.
Components
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Process assets
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
33. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Identification
Program Domain
34. 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Initiating and planning
35. 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
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Transistion
Programs
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
36. Management oversight of a program
Program Approval Factor
Programs end
Governance
Main Program Phases One of Five
37. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Program Charter Approval
Portfolio Components
Relationship among projects within a program
38. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Product Lifecycle
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio Management
39. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup Output
Program Setup
Project Management
Benefit
40. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio Components
Benefits Management
Phase-Gate Reviews
41. 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.
PMO
Governance
Program Governance
Program
42. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Project
Portfolio
Project Management
43. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Review
Program Management Responsibilities
Main Program Phases Three of Five
44. 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.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Strong communication skills
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Phase
45. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Relationship among projects within a program
Program infrastructure
Programs
Pre-Program Phase Activity
46. 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
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Realization Planning
Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation Phase Activity
47. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Approval Factor
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Output
48. 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 Initiation
Program Setup
Program Setup Phase
49. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefit
Program Setup Phase
Program Information Flow
50. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Setup
Means of Governance
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefits Management