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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. 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
Components
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
2. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program
Program Charter Contents
3. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Enterprise environmental factor
Project
Any time
4. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Benefit
Phase-Gate Review
Initiating and planning
Integration Testing
5. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Steering Committee
Program Closure
Benefit
6. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Steering Committee
Program begins
Program Charter
7. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Domain interaction
Portfolio
Program
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 begins
Program Charter Contents
Programs end
Program
9. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program
Project Domain
Program Setup
Main Program Phases Three of Five
10. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Relationship among projects within a program
PMO
Project Management
Phase-Gate Review
11. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Closure Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
12. Program is ended by ________
Program Management
Benefits Identification
Steering Committee
Benefits Transistion
13. 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
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio Management
Benefits Realization
14. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Start
Program Shutdown
Portfolio
15. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Programs end
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase
Process Groups
16. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Benefits Identification
Program Life Cycle
Product Lifecycle
Program Benefit Delivery
17. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Project
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
18. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Programs end
Program Governance
19. 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
Portfolio
Program
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Transistion
20. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
21. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Domain
Program Setup Phase
22. 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 Setup Phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase
23. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Portfolio
Benefits Transistion
Program Setup Output
24. First lifecycle phase
Enterprise environmental factor
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Process Groups
Pre-Program Preparations
25. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Manager
Strong communication skills
Program Closure
Benefits Management
26. Program Setup
Portfolio Components
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Process Groups
Benefit
27. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program
Program begins
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation
28. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefits Management
Program Life Cycle
29. 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 begins
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Output
Program Charter Contents
30. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Program Charter Approval
Program Shutdown
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
31. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Portfolio
Program Manager
Means of Governance
Programs end
32. 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.
Program Approval Factor
Program infrastructure
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Setup Phase
33. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Enterprise environmental factor
Product Lifecycle
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
34. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup Output
Strong communication skills
Benefits Realization
35. First phase of benefits management
Program Approval Factor
Program Initiation
Components
Benefits Identification
36. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Portfolio Components
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program
Initiating and planning
37. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Programs end
Enterprise environmental factor
Program
38. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Charter
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
39. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Program Setup
Program Domain
Program Management
40. 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
Program Closure
Program Closure Phase Activities
Pre-Program Phase Activity
41. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Initiating and planning
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
42. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Project
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase
43. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Charter Approval
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup Phase
44. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Programs end
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Domain
45. A program must have more than one to function.
Program infrastructure
Program Benefit Delivery
Components
Organizational Process Assets
46. 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
Project Domain
Benefits Realization
Strong communication skills
Program Approval Factor
47. 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.
Project Management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Information Flow
48. 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
Program begins
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Initiation Phase
49. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Process assets
Means of Governance
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
50. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints