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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Benefit
Program infrastructure
Enterprise environmental factor
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
2. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
3. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Information Flow
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Phase-Gate Review Approach
4. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
5. 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
Integration Testing
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Main Program Phases Four of Five
6. Program Closure
Portfolio
Program Charter
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases Five of Five
7. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Means of Governance
Program Start
Portfolio
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
8. 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 Output
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
9. 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
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Integration Testing
Portfolio Components
10. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Project Management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
Initiating and planning
11. 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
PMO
Initiating and planning
Program Governance
Pre-Program Phase Activity
12. A program must have more than one to function.
Benefits Realization
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Components
Program Initiation Phase Activity
13. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Management
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefit
14. 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 Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Governance
Benefits Transistion
15. Third lifecycle phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Start
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Setup
16. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Manager
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Steering Committee
Program Charter
17. Fourth lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Management
18. 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
Program Approval Factor
Program Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
19. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Project Management
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Information Flow
20. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Program Charter
Product Lifecycle
Program Setup
21. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Process Groups
22. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Portfolio
Relationship among projects within a program
Steering Committee
Benefit
23. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program
Project Management
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Closure Phase
24. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Life Cycle
Project
Project Management
Project Domain
25. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Transistion
Programs
Benefits Management
26. 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
Program Governance
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation Phase
27. 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 Life Cycle
Program Shutdown
Program Domain
Programs
28. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Charter Contents
Strong communication skills
Integration Testing
Phase-Gate Reviews
29. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Organizational Process Assets
Integration Testing
Program Life Cycle
Program Setup
30. 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
Process assets
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Steering Committee
31. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Phase-Gate Review
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Transistion
Program Charter Contents
32. 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
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
Program
Program Management Responsibilities
33. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Charter Contents
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Process assets
Program Setup
34. 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 Phase Activity
Program Setup Output
Project Domain
Portfolio Review Board
35. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Closure Phase Activity
Organizational Process Assets
Program Setup Phase
36. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Shutdown
Program Charter Approval
Program infrastructure
37. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Steering Committee
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Main Program Phases One of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
38. Program is ended by ________
Program Domain
Steering Committee
Program Start
Program Initiation Phase
39. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Closure Phase Activities
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefits Realization Planning
40. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Project Domain
Strong communication skills
Program Setup Output
Domain interaction
41. 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 Activity
Benefits Realization
42. 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.
Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase Activity
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Initiation Phase
43. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup Output
Pre-Program Preparations
44. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Information Flow
Program Domain
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Closure Phase Activity
45. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases One of Five
Programs end
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
46. ___________ 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.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Charter Contents
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Programs end
47. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program Domain
Program begins
Program Charter Approval
Program Closure Phase
48. 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 Life Cycle
Program Approval Factor
Product Lifecycle
Process assets
49. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program
Benefits Management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Life Cycle
50. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Program Management
Integration Testing
Program Initiation