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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.
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1. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Phase
Benefit
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
2. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Means of Governance
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase
3. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Portfolio Components
Process Groups
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Relationship among projects within a program
4. 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
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup Phase
Program infrastructure
5. 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
Process assets
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure Phase Activity
6. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
7. 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 Charter
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup
8. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Steering Committee
Benefits Identification
Program Setup Phase Activity
Initiating and planning
9. Management oversight of a program
Program Closure Phase Activity
Governance
Program Benefit Delivery
Domain interaction
10. 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Management
Project Domain
Benefits Management
11. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Charter Contents
12. 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
Enterprise environmental factor
Phase-Gate Reviews
Any time
13. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Closure Phase Activities
Programs
Program Initiation
14. 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
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Management
Program Charter Contents
Program Management Responsibilities
15. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Portfolio
Program Benefit Delivery
Program infrastructure
Process assets
16. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Charter Contents
Project
Process Groups
Any time
17. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Pre-Program Preparations
Program
Program begins
Program Setup
18. 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 Manager
Pre-program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Portfolio Review Board
19. ___________ 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 Management
Programs end
Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Output
20. 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
Governance
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Steering Committee
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
21. Fourth lifecycle phase
Portfolio
Program Management Plan Content
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Delivery of Program Benefits
22. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Programs
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Management
23. Second lifecycle phase
Process Groups
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Initiation
24. 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 Benefit Delivery
Any time
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
25. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Program Benefit Delivery
Process assets
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Product Lifecycle
26. 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 Four of Five
Program Setup Output
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Shutdown
27. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Initiation Phase Activity
28. 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.
Program Initiation Phase
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Information Flow
Integration Testing
29. 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
Relationship among projects within a program
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
30. Understanding the strategic benefits of the program - Developing a plan to initiate the program - Defining the program objectives and their alignment with the organizational goals - Developing a high level business case demonstrating an understanding
Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Manager
Pre-Program Phase Activity
31. Program Setup
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Closure
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Main Program Phases Three of Five
32. 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 Closure Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Domain interaction
Program Approval Factor
33. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Components
Programs end
Project
Program infrastructure
34. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
Organizational Process Assets
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase Activity
35. 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 Charter Contents
Program Charter
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Pre-Program Preparations
36. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Project Management
37. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Phase-Gate Reviews
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Organizational Process Assets
38. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
Initiating and planning
Portfolio Management
Components
39. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Components
Strong communication skills
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Main Program Phases Two of Five
40. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Pre-program Preparations
Means of Governance
Portfolio Components
Programs end
41. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
PMO
Portfolio Review Board
Program
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
42. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Benefits Transistion
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Steering Committee
Program Governance
43. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Program Governance
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup Phase
44. 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
Program Setup Phase Activity
Project
Governance
Program Benefit Delivery
45. Fifth lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Closure
Program Domain
Program Initiation
46. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Means of Governance
Portfolio Management
Program Domain
Program Start
47. 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.
Project
Pre-program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program infrastructure
48. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Management
Program Setup
Program Charter Approval
49. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Portfolio Management
Program Management Plan Content
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Transistion
50. 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 Charter Contents
Program Charter Contents
Program Governance
Main Program Phases Two of Five