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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Identification
2. Program Setup
Project Management
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Start
3. 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
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Realization
Portfolio
4. 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 Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Review
Program Management Responsibilities
Benefits Identification
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
Program Charter Contents
PMO
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Pre-Program Preparations
6. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup Phase
Organizational Process Assets
7. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Management
Program Initiation Phase
Project Domain
8. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Management
9. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Process assets
Benefit
10. 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.
Domain interaction
Program Initiation Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
11. Delivery of Program Benefits
Enterprise environmental factor
Pre-Program Preparations
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases Four of Five
12. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Strong communication skills
Benefits Transistion
Program Charter
Program Setup Phase
13. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Start
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefit
14. 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 Charter Approval
Program Life Cycle
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Two of Five
15. 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 Charter Approval
Programs end
Program Charter Contents
16. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Governance
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Manager
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
17. 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.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Pre-program Preparations
Project Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
18. Program is ended by ________
Benefit
Steering Committee
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Realization
19. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Program Governance
Steering Committee
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
20. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Enterprise environmental factor
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Identification
Project Domain
21. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
Organizational Process Assets
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
22. 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
Strong communication skills
PMO
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
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.
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Review
Program Initiation
Program Information Flow
24. ___________ 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 Charter
Program Life Cycle
Programs end
Enterprise environmental factor
25. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Benefits Transistion
Phase-Gate Reviews
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefit
26. 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
Organizational Process Assets
Program Management Responsibilities
Process Groups
Program Charter Contents
27. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefits Realization Planning
Enterprise environmental factor
Product Lifecycle
Program Management Plan Content
28. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Portfolio
Program Approval Factor
Means of Governance
29. 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
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase
Means of Governance
30. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Project
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Initiation
31. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Domain
Program Start
Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Four of Five
32. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Identification
Portfolio Components
Programs
33. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Setup Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Closure Phase Activities
34. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Setup Output
Portfolio Components
Program
Project Management
35. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Realization
Process Groups
Strong communication skills
36. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Project
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Means of Governance
37. 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.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Portfolio Components
Organizational Process Assets
Program infrastructure
38. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Shutdown
Portfolio Components
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup Phase
39. 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
Program Setup Output
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Manager
40. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Programs
Enterprise environmental factor
Main Program Phases One of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
41. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Means of Governance
Process Groups
Benefits Identification
Program Life Cycle
42. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Pre-program Preparations
Benefits Realization Planning
43. A program must have more than one to function.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Initiating and planning
Components
Program Management
44. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Management
Program Setup Output
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Shutdown
45. 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
Portfolio Review Board
Domain interaction
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
46. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Program begins
Program Closure
Program Setup Phase
47. 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 Start
Program
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Life Cycle
48. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Any time
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Strong communication skills
49. 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
Program Initiation Phase
Program Domain
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
50. Management oversight of a program
Benefits Realization
Governance
Program Initiation Phase
Main Program Phases One of Five