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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. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.






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






3. Program Setup






4. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






6. 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






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






8. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






10. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






11. ___________ 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.






12. 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






13. Pre-Program Preparations






14. Fifth lifecycle phase






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. 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






17. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects






18. 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






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






20. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






22. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.






23. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






24. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






25. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements






30. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched






31. 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.






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






33. Program Initiation






34. First lifecycle phase






35. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






36. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.






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






38. Fourth Phase of benefits management






39. 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






40. Fourth lifecycle phase






41. 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






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






43. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






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






45. Second phase of benefits management






46. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.






47. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






49. Program Closure






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