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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ___________ 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.
Program Setup Output
Project Management
Program Setup Phase Activity
Programs end
2. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Management Responsibilities
Product Lifecycle
3. Review status of benefits with stakeholders - Disband the program organization - Disband the program team - Dismantle the infrastructure and ensure arrangements are in place for appropriate redeployment of all physical resources - Provide customer su
Program Closure Phase Activity
Means of Governance
Program Manager
Main Program Phases One of Five
4. Second phase of benefits management
Strong communication skills
Project Management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
5. 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.
Phase-Gate Review
PMO
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Management
6. 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.)
Portfolio Review Board
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Benefit Delivery
7. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio Review Board
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefit
8. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Approval Factor
PMO
9. 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.
Programs end
Program Initiation Phase
Program Governance
Benefits Management
10. Fourth lifecycle phase
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program
Pre-Program Preparations
11. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase
Initiating and planning
12. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Management
Program Start
13. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Transistion
Phase-Gate Reviews
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
14. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
15. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program
Portfolio Management
Program Manager
Process Groups
16. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Identification
Program Setup Phase
Program Domain
17. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Project Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program
18. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
PMO
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Setup Output
19. 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
Program Domain
Programs end
Program Approval Factor
Programs
20. 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
PMO
Components
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Setup Phase
21. First phase of benefits management
Strong communication skills
Benefits Identification
Program Charter
Product Lifecycle
22. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Manager
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
23. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Project Domain
24. Program Initiation
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Management Responsibilities
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
25. 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 Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Reviews
PMO
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
26. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Contents
Program Benefit Delivery
Portfolio Review Board
27. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Portfolio Review Board
Means of Governance
28. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Governance
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Main Program Phases Five of Five
29. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Program Initiation
Programs end
Program Setup
30. A program must have more than one to function.
Components
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase
Strong communication skills
31. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Five of Five
32. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Initiating and planning
Program Initiation Phase
Integration Testing
Program Initiation Phase Activity
33. Third lifecycle phase
Program Shutdown
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Setup
Product Lifecycle
34. 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
Project Domain
Program infrastructure
Program Charter Contents
Steering Committee
35. Program is ended by ________
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup
Program Information Flow
Steering Committee
36. 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
Portfolio Management
Benefits Management
Program Management Responsibilities
Phase-Gate Review
37. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Process Groups
Program Closure Phase
Pre-program Preparations
38. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter Contents
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases One of Five
39. 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.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio
40. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Charter Approval
Portfolio
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
41. Management oversight of a program
Program Management Plan Content
Program Initiation
Governance
Main Program Phases One of Five
42. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Any time
Program Charter
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
43. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Program Initiation
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Initiating and planning
44. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Initiation Phase
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio Management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
45. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Identification
Portfolio Components
Program Closure Phase Activity
46. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Charter Approval
Program Shutdown
Benefits Management
Benefits Realization Planning
47. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Charter Approval
Program Initiation
Benefits Transistion
Relationship among projects within a program
48. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Project Management
Program Setup
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Life Cycle
49. 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.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Pre-program Preparations
Program Initiation
Organizational Process Assets
50. 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 Shutdown
Programs end
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefit