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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. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Programs
Program begins
Project
Program infrastructure
2. First phase of benefits management
Project Domain
Portfolio
Steering Committee
Benefits Identification
3. 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
Program begins
Program Management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Initiation Phase
4. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Initiating and planning
Program Shutdown
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Project Management
5. 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 Start
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Charter Contents
Integration Testing
6. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Governance
Project
Program Manager
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
7. 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
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio
Program infrastructure
Program Management Plan Content
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
Program Charter Contents
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
9. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Project Domain
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Realization Planning
10. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Charter Contents
Program Start
Program begins
Integration Testing
11. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefits Realization Planning
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Benefit Delivery
12. ___________ 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
Benefits Management
Strong communication skills
Program Management Responsibilities
13. 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
Program Governance
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Process assets
14. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Governance
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Domain
Phase-Gate Review
15. 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
Portfolio
Program Start
Programs
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
16. Program Setup
Program Charter Contents
Organizational Process Assets
Program begins
Main Program Phases Three of Five
17. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefits Management
Domain interaction
Relationship among projects within a program
Process Groups
18. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio
Phase-Gate Review Approach
19. 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
Initiating and planning
Main Program Phases Five of Five
PMO
Program Management Plan Content
20. 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 infrastructure
Program Governance
Project Domain
Program Closure Phase
21. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Information Flow
22. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase
Project Domain
Main Program Phases One of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
23. 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 Setup Output
Program Closure
Program Domain
Program Management Responsibilities
24. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Start
Any time
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
25. Fourth lifecycle phase
Process Groups
Program Benefit Delivery
Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Five of Five
26. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Realization
27. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Management
Project
Components
28. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Charter Approval
Program Shutdown
Benefits Realization Planning
Domain interaction
29. Third lifecycle phase
Benefits Identification
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup
30. Program is ended by ________
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Life Cycle
Steering Committee
31. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Initiation Phase
32. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Domain
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Strong communication skills
33. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Steering Committee
Program Closure
Program begins
34. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program begins
PMO
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase
35. 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.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Pre-program Preparations
Project
Program Initiation Phase
36. Program Initiation
Governance
PMO
Program Life Cycle
Main Program Phases Two of Five
37. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program
Program Setup Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
38. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Program Shutdown
Program Charter Contents
Program Management Responsibilities
39. 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.
Benefits Management
Any time
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program infrastructure
40. Fifth lifecycle phase
Domain interaction
Portfolio
Benefits Transistion
Program Closure
41. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Closure
Any time
Process Groups
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
42. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Closure
Program begins
Phase-Gate Reviews
43. 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.
Program Information Flow
Steering Committee
Program Initiation
Initiating and planning
44. 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 Setup Output
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Management Responsibilities
Domain interaction
45. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Domain interaction
Benefits Management
Program Setup Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
46. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program begins
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio Management
47. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Components
Program Start
Project Domain
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
48. 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 Charter Approval
Portfolio
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
49. A program must have more than one to function.
Program Setup Phase
Components
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Identification
50. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Project Management
Portfolio Components
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Charter Contents