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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. First phase of benefits management
Relationship among projects within a program
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Shutdown
Benefits Identification
2. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Portfolio
Benefits Management
Program Initiation
Program begins
3. Program is ended by ________
Components
Domain interaction
Program Setup Phase
Steering Committee
4. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Means of Governance
Program Manager
Program Management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
5. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Portfolio
Process assets
Program Setup Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
6. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Life Cycle
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Domain
7. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Programs end
Product Lifecycle
Integration Testing
8. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase
9. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Portfolio Management
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program begins
Project Domain
10. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program
Program Management Plan Content
Organizational Process Assets
11. 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
Initiating and planning
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
12. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Enterprise environmental factor
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio Management
13. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Means of Governance
Benefit
Programs
Program Closure Phase Activities
14. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Integration Testing
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Relationship among projects within a program
15. Third phase of benefits management
Program begins
Portfolio
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Realization
16. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Phase
17. 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 Management Responsibilities
Pre-program Preparations
Process assets
Program infrastructure
18. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio Management
Program Approval Factor
Project Domain
19. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Portfolio Components
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Initiation
20. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
Project Management
Any time
21. Program Closure
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Charter Approval
22. 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.
Program Management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program begins
Main Program Phases Five of Five
23. Fourth lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Start
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Delivery of Program Benefits
24. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio Review Board
Strong communication skills
Program Benefit Delivery
25. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Manager
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Delivery of Program Benefits
26. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program
Means of Governance
27. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Benefits Realization
Strong communication skills
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
28. Program Setup
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Shutdown
Program begins
Main Program Phases Three of Five
29. 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
Project Management
Program Charter Contents
Means of Governance
Integration Testing
30. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefits Identification
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Domain interaction
31. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Strong communication skills
Process assets
32. 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
Program Initiation Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio
33. Second lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Program Manager
Program
Program Management Plan Content
34. 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 Approval Factor
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter Contents
35. 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
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Any time
Initiating and planning
36. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefit
Program Initiation Phase Activity
37. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Life Cycle
Initiating and planning
38. 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 Charter
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
39. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefit
Benefits Transistion
Program Initiation
Program begins
40. 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.
Portfolio Review Board
Program Governance
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
41. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Life Cycle
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Governance
Benefits Management
42. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program
Project
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Management
43. Second phase of benefits management
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Four of Five
44. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Portfolio
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Realization Planning
45. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Initiation Phase
Program Governance
46. 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 Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Output
Program Start
47. 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
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
PMO
48. 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 Setup Phase
Program Domain
Programs
Program Closure Phase Activities
49. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Charter Approval
Means of Governance
Program Setup Output
50. 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
Benefits Management
Program Charter
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Charter Contents