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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






2. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.






3. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






4. 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.






5. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.






6. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.






7. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






12. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.






13. Second phase of benefits management






14. 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






15. 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.






16. Fifth lifecycle phase






17. Program Setup






18. Program is ended by ________






19. 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






20. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________






21. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






22. 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






23. Management oversight of a program






24. 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






25. A program must have more than one to function.






26. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






27. Second lifecycle phase






28. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






29. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.






30. Program Closure






31. Delivery of Program Benefits






32. 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






33. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.






34. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.






35. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.






36. First phase of benefits management






37. Third phase of benefits management






38. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. 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






43. 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






44. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________






45. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.






46. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.






47. Program Initiation






48. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.






49. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






50. First lifecycle phase