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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. Program Setup
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Setup
Portfolio
2. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefits Management
Program Setup
Project
3. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
PMO
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase
Governance
4. First phase of benefits management
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Identification
Portfolio Management
5. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Charter Contents
Project
Benefits Transistion
6. 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
Process assets
Program Management Plan Content
Organizational Process Assets
Program Management Responsibilities
7. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup
Program Domain
Program Initiation Phase
8. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Charter Contents
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Realization
Phase-Gate Reviews
9. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Management
Steering Committee
Programs
10. A program must have more than one to function.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Components
11. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Portfolio Review Board
Enterprise environmental factor
Process Groups
Program Setup
12. 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 infrastructure
Program Charter
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Project Domain
13. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Benefits Transistion
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
PMO
14. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Charter Contents
Program Life Cycle
Process assets
15. 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 Setup Phase
Programs
Benefits Transistion
PMO
16. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Program Initiation
Benefits Identification
Program Closure Phase
Strong communication skills
17. 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.
Benefits Management
Program Setup Phase
Benefit
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
18. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Realization
19. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Organizational Process Assets
Program Setup Phase
Program Shutdown
20. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Management Plan Content
Main Program Phases One of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
21. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Charter Approval
Benefits Identification
Program Domain
Governance
22. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Program Domain
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Closure Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
23. 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 Closure Phase Activities
Process assets
Benefits Management
Program Management Responsibilities
24. 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
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Review
Means of Governance
Domain interaction
25. 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.
Benefits Transistion
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
26. 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
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Life Cycle
Steering Committee
Program Charter Contents
27. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Program begins
Program Shutdown
Program Setup Phase
28. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Benefits Identification
Project Domain
Portfolio
Pre-Program Phase Activity
29. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter Contents
Project Management
30. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Governance
Product Lifecycle
Program begins
Pre-program Preparations
31. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Benefits Transistion
Program infrastructure
Process assets
Portfolio Components
32. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Manager
Benefits Management
Program Benefit Delivery
Strong communication skills
33. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Start
Benefits Management
Strong communication skills
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
34. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program begins
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Initiating and planning
Program Shutdown
35. Delivery of Program Benefits
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Project
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Relationship among projects within a program
36. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Program
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Governance
Program Management Plan Content
37. 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
Program Shutdown
Program Closure Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
38. Second lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Organizational Process Assets
Program Initiation Phase
Steering Committee
39. First lifecycle phase
PMO
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
40. Program Initiation
Program Start
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Process Groups
41. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Shutdown
Program Management Responsibilities
Pre-program Preparations
42. Third phase of benefits management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Realization
Programs end
43. Second phase of benefits management
Program Life Cycle
Benefits Management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Management Responsibilities
44. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Phase-Gate Review
Integration Testing
Benefits Realization Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
45. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Program begins
Program Charter Approval
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Parallel lifecycle to Program
46. 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.
Portfolio
Pre-program Preparations
Benefits Management
Program Setup
47. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Integration Testing
Program Start
Governance
Phase-Gate Review
48. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Portfolio
Program Information Flow
Program Setup
49. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Any time
Program
50. 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.
Benefits Realization
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Management
Program Setup Phase