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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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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. 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
Program Management
Project Domain
Program Management Responsibilities
Program infrastructure
2. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Benefits Management
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
3. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Portfolio
Program Start
Program Charter Approval
Program Charter
4. Program is ended by ________
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Steering Committee
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Phase-Gate Review Approach
5. 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.
Integration Testing
Process Groups
Process assets
Program infrastructure
6. Program Initiation
Benefits Identification
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Closure
7. 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 Information Flow
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Charter Approval
Program Shutdown
8. 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 Contents
Process assets
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
9. 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 Manager
Phase-Gate Review
Program Start
Program Charter Contents
10. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Manager
Portfolio Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Initiation Phase
11. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Portfolio
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefit
Program Closure Phase Activities
12. 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
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Approval Factor
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Review
13. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Governance
Program Charter
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Parallel lifecycle to Program
14. 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 Setup Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Charter Contents
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
15. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
Relationship among projects within a program
16. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefit
Strong communication skills
17. 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 Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase
Phase-Gate Review
Program Setup Phase Activity
18. Third phase of benefits management
Program begins
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Output
Benefit
19. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Output
20. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Management Plan Content
21. 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 Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Management
22. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Process Groups
Benefit
Portfolio Management
Program Closure Phase
23. 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
Initiating and planning
Program Management Plan Content
PMO
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
24. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Domain interaction
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Realization Planning
Steering Committee
25. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Charter Approval
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
26. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Information Flow
Process assets
Program Domain
27. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Enterprise environmental factor
Delivery of Program Benefits
Components
Program
28. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio Review Board
Program Domain
Program Closure Phase Activities
29. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Programs
Program Setup Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Initiation Phase Activity
30. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Program Charter Contents
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase Activity
31. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Charter Contents
Steering Committee
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Shutdown
32. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program infrastructure
Benefits Analysis and Planning
33. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefit
34. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Any time
Benefits Management
Benefits Management
Program Life Cycle
35. 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 Start
Program Setup Output
Program Charter Approval
Benefits Realization
36. 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 Initiation
PMO
Program Initiation Phase
Benefits Analysis and Planning
37. Second lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Management
38. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Initiation
Programs
Process Groups
39. 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 Output
Means of Governance
Program Closure
40. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program
Program Initiation
Programs end
41. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Transistion
Program Management Responsibilities
Pre-Program Phase Activity
42. 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.
Portfolio Review Board
Portfolio Components
Program Setup
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
43. 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 Management Plan Content
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Integration Testing
44. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
45. 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.
PMO
Benefit
Program Management
Program Shutdown
46. First lifecycle phase
PMO
Program Initiation
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Life Cycle
47. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project Domain
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
48. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Project Domain
Program Life Cycle
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
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 Governance
Means of Governance
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Analysis and Planning
50. Management oversight of a program
PMO
Governance
Program Closure Phase
Benefits Management