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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. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Charter Contents
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
2. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
3. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Setup Phase
Integration Testing
4. 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
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter
Main Program Phases Four of Five
5. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Project Domain
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Domain interaction
Benefits Management
6. 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
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program infrastructure
Delivery of Program Benefits
7. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Program Domain
Program Charter
Program Setup Output
Program Management Responsibilities
8. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Domain
Process assets
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
9. Second lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase
Program begins
10. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases Two of Five
11. 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
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Management
12. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Integration Testing
Program Setup Phase
Governance
13. 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 Management Responsibilities
Process assets
PMO
Project Management
14. 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
Project Domain
Program infrastructure
Phase-Gate Review
15. 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
Program Setup Output
Program Management Plan Content
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Domain interaction
16. 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.)
Organizational Process Assets
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Programs end
17. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Portfolio
Program Approval Factor
Program Life Cycle
Project Domain
18. 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
Programs
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Identification
19. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Charter Contents
20. 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 infrastructure
Benefits Identification
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Output
21. Program is ended by ________
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Process assets
Program
Steering Committee
22. 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
Program Charter
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Charter Contents
Program Start
23. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process Groups
24. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
25. Management oversight of a program
Domain interaction
Benefits Realization
Governance
Pre-Program Phase Activity
26. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
Project
Main Program Phases One of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
27. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Strong communication skills
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Charter Approval
28. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Domain interaction
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Approval Factor
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
29. Second phase of benefits management
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Initiation Phase
Phase-Gate Review
30. 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.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Portfolio Review Board
Phase-Gate Reviews
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
31. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Integration Testing
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program begins
32. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Manager
Enterprise environmental factor
Initiating and planning
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
33. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Benefit
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Realization
Any time
34. 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase
Program Manager
Portfolio
35. 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
Components
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
36. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Benefit
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Shutdown
Program Management
37. Third lifecycle phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Setup
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Initiation
38. 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.
Project
Program Initiation Phase
Programs
Program Information Flow
39. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Management
40. 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.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Governance
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Pre-program Preparations
41. First phase of benefits management
Program Setup Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure
Benefits Identification
42. ___________ 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 begins
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Process assets
Programs end
43. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Closure Phase
Program Start
44. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Organizational Process Assets
Program Charter Contents
Components
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
45. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Process assets
Program Initiation
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio Management
46. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Program Management Responsibilities
Portfolio
Program Shutdown
47. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Closure Phase
Any time
Program Initiation Phase
48. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program Charter Approval
Program begins
Means of Governance
Relationship among projects within a program
49. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Process Groups
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Information Flow
Main Program Phases Five of Five
50. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio
Any time