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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. 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
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Start
Programs
Benefits Identification
2. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Programs
Program Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
3. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Management Responsibilities
Initiating and planning
Project Management
Program Closure
4. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Program Setup Output
Portfolio Components
Program Management Responsibilities
5. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Benefit Delivery
Program
Benefits Identification
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
6. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Phase-Gate Review
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
7. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Project Management
Program Domain
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Charter Contents
8. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Identification
9. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Project
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Management Responsibilities
10. First lifecycle phase
Program Management Responsibilities
Domain interaction
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Pre-Program Preparations
11. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Charter Contents
Organizational Process Assets
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Phase
12. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Realization Planning
Pre-program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits
13. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Process assets
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio
14. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project Domain
PMO
Benefits Transistion
Project
15. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Start
Program
Program Management Plan Content
16. 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
Program Domain
Program Setup
Program Start
17. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
PMO
Program Charter Contents
Relationship among projects within a program
Product Lifecycle
18. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Management Responsibilities
Program begins
Program Manager
Benefits Transistion
19. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Manager
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Charter Approval
20. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program infrastructure
21. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Output
Project
Program Initiation Phase Activity
22. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Portfolio Management
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits
23. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Initiation Phase
Portfolio
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
24. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Portfolio Components
Program Manager
Benefits Realization
Program Initiation Phase
25. 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
Programs end
Program Charter Approval
PMO
Main Program Phases Four of Five
26. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Benefits Transistion
Phase-Gate Reviews
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Benefits Realization
27. 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
Integration Testing
Benefits Management
Program Setup Output
28. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Closure
29. 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
Portfolio Components
Program Benefit Delivery
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Charter Contents
30. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Closure Phase
Initiating and planning
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Charter
31. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Setup Output
Program infrastructure
Process Groups
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
32. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
Benefits Management
33. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
PMO
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure
Components
34. 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
35. 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
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Four of Five
36. Third phase of benefits management
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Output
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase
37. Purpose is to progressively elaborate the program charter and develop the foundation for the program by establishing an infrastructure and building a detailed "road map" that provides direction on how the program will be managed and defines its key d
Steering Committee
Program Charter Contents
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase
38. 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 begins
Program
Programs end
Parallel lifecycle to Program
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
Program begins
Program Information Flow
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Start
40. 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 Start
Program Charter Approval
Program begins
Program Benefit Delivery
41. 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 Governance
Benefits Management
Program begins
Main Program Phases Five of Five
42. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefit
Program Setup Phase
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Three of Five
43. 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 Management Responsibilities
Program Governance
Means of Governance
44. 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 Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
45. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Benefits Realization Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
46. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Program Manager
Program Initiation Phase
Program Charter Approval
47. 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
Program Management Responsibilities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Phase
48. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Enterprise environmental factor
PMO
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Life Cycle
49. 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
Program Approval Factor
Program Management Plan Content
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Realization
50. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Domain
Benefits Management
Process Groups
Portfolio Management