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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Management oversight of a program
Program Setup Output
Program Management Responsibilities
Integration Testing
Governance
2. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Shutdown
Program Setup Phase
Program Information Flow
3. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Project Domain
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Closure
4. 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.
Benefit
Program Initiation Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Shutdown
5. 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.
Initiating and planning
Process assets
Benefits Transistion
Program Information Flow
6. Third lifecycle phase
Project Management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Start
Program Setup
7. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Program Shutdown
Initiating and planning
Program Management Responsibilities
8. First lifecycle phase
Program Setup Output
Benefits Realization Planning
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Realization
9. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Approval Factor
Program Benefit Delivery
Portfolio Management
Pre-Program Phase Activity
10. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Benefits Transistion
Program Closure Phase Activities
PMO
Program Management Responsibilities
11. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Life Cycle
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program begins
12. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Benefits Management
Program Closure
Relationship among projects within a program
Pre-program Preparations
13. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Benefits Management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Delivery of Program Benefits
Enterprise environmental factor
14. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Management
Program Setup Output
Program Closure Phase Activity
15. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Process assets
Benefit
16. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Initiation Phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
17. 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
Programs
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
18. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project Domain
Programs
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio Management
19. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Process Groups
Integration Testing
Program Setup Phase Activity
Domain interaction
20. Program Closure
Portfolio
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Approval Factor
Phase-Gate Review Approach
21. 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
Benefits Management
Program
Steering Committee
Program Governance
22. 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 Charter Approval
Program Governance
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
23. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Organizational Process Assets
Project
Program Life Cycle
24. 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 Charter Contents
PMO
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase Activity
25. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Closure Phase Activities
26. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Portfolio Components
Program
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
27. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Information Flow
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program
28. Third phase of benefits management
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Charter Approval
Benefits Realization
Phase-Gate Review
29. 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 Initiation
Program Charter Contents
Any time
Program Start
30. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program begins
Program Management Responsibilities
Benefits Realization Planning
31. 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
Pre-Program Preparations
Phase-Gate Review
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Charter
32. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Portfolio Management
Program Information Flow
Program Benefit Delivery
33. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activities
Project Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
34. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Strong communication skills
35. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Program Setup Output
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Parallel lifecycle to Program
36. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Process assets
Program Setup Output
Steering Committee
Benefits Identification
37. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Portfolio Components
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Parallel lifecycle to Program
38. A program must have more than one to function.
Components
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Pre-program Preparations
Pre-Program Phase Activity
39. First phase of benefits management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Identification
Pre-program Preparations
Process assets
40. Program Initiation
Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Components
Program Setup Phase Activity
41. 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.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase
42. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Initiating and planning
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefit
43. 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.
Program Information Flow
Governance
Portfolio Review Board
Main Program Phases One of Five
44. 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
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Management
Program Charter Approval
Program Approval Factor
45. Second lifecycle phase
Program Charter Contents
Program Initiation
Portfolio Components
Program Shutdown
46. 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
Benefits Management
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Any time
47. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio
Project Management
48. ___________ 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.
Programs end
Organizational Process Assets
Domain interaction
Program Initiation Phase
49. 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 Closure Phase Activities
Program Governance
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Analysis and Planning
50. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Portfolio
Program Setup Output
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Shutdown
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