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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. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Strong communication skills
Benefits Realization
Program Start
2. 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 begins
Initiating and planning
Programs end
3. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Portfolio Review Board
Program Charter
Program Initiation Phase
Program Domain
4. 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
Project Management
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Approval Factor
5. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Steering Committee
Relationship among projects within a program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
6. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Components
Project
Program Information Flow
7. Third lifecycle phase
Means of Governance
Program Setup
Program Closure Phase
Programs end
8. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Programs
Pre-program Preparations
Initiating and planning
Program Setup Phase
9. 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.
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Pre-program Preparations
Portfolio Review Board
10. 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
Program Charter Contents
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup
11. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Closure Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program
12. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio Management
Benefits Realization Planning
Parallel lifecycle to Program
13. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Initiating and planning
Program Closure
14. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Charter Approval
Program Setup Phase
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio Review Board
15. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Benefits Transistion
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio Components
Program
16. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Initiation
17. 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 Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Approval
18. Identification - monitoring and control of the inter-dependencies between the projects; Dealing with the escalated issues among the projects that compromise the program; and tracking the contribution of each project and the non-project work to the co
PMO
Program Management Responsibilities
Programs end
Portfolio Review Board
19. Management oversight of a program
Program Governance
Governance
Programs
Program Initiation Phase Activity
20. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Program Information Flow
Program Management Plan Content
Project
Portfolio
21. Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Any time
Program Charter Approval
Main Program Phases Four of Five
22. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Initiation Phase
Program Management Responsibilities
Benefit
23. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup Phase Activity
Programs
Program Closure Phase Activities
24. 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 infrastructure
Program Charter Contents
Program Approval Factor
25. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Closure Phase
Integration Testing
Program Initiation
26. 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 Initiation
Program Management Plan Content
Program Information Flow
Benefits Management
27. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Programs
Enterprise environmental factor
PMO
28. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Approval Factor
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Management
Process Groups
29. 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
Project Domain
Strong communication skills
Phase-Gate Review
30. 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 Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio
31. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Process assets
Strong communication skills
32. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Benefits Management
Program Management Responsibilities
Programs end
Any time
33. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Setup Phase
Strong communication skills
Portfolio Management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
34. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Organizational Process Assets
35. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
PMO
Benefits Realization
Program Charter Approval
Program Setup Phase
36. Fourth lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Manager
37. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Setup Phase
Integration Testing
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Domain
38. 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
Program Management Plan Content
Process Groups
Portfolio
39. 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
Initiating and planning
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Transistion
40. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Approval Factor
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
41. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Initiation
Program Closure Phase Activities
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefit
42. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Closure
Process assets
43. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Portfolio Components
Program Setup Output
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
44. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefits Identification
Domain interaction
Any time
Project
45. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Benefit Delivery
Integration Testing
Program Charter Approval
46. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
PMO
Project Management
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Output
47. Program Initiation
Integration Testing
Program Closure Phase
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
48. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Governance
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Process Groups
49. Program is ended by ________
Program Management Responsibilities
Steering Committee
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup
50. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Charter Approval
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Means of Governance