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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. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Components
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program begins
Program Start
2. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Components
Program Management Plan Content
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Five of Five
3. Management oversight of a program
Program begins
Program Manager
Benefits Transistion
Governance
4. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Charter Approval
Main Program Phases One of Five
5. 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
Project Domain
Program Approval Factor
PMO
Program begins
6. Program Setup
Program Setup Output
Strong communication skills
Portfolio
Main Program Phases Three of Five
7. 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 Closure Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Information Flow
Domain interaction
8. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Project
Strong communication skills
Program Closure
Program Setup Output
9. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Closure Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Transistion
Enterprise environmental factor
10. Program Initiation
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Product Lifecycle
Program Manager
11. 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 Closure
PMO
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase
12. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Portfolio Management
Product Lifecycle
Program infrastructure
Benefits Analysis and Planning
13. 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
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefit
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Pre-Program Preparations
14. 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.
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Start
Program Initiation
Program Management
15. 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
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Management
16. Program is ended by ________
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Information Flow
Steering Committee
Program infrastructure
17. 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 Setup
Program Governance
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Start
18. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Any time
Benefit
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases Four of Five
19. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup Output
20. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
21. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Governance
Program Manager
Program Setup Output
Benefits Management
22. 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 Setup
Initiating and planning
Programs
Portfolio Review Board
23. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Portfolio
Program Setup Output
Benefits Management
24. 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 Management
Benefits Realization
Parallel lifecycle to Program
25. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Domain interaction
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase Activities
26. 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
Project Domain
Program Start
Program Approval Factor
Phase-Gate Review
27. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Benefit
Program Management
28. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Charter Contents
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Start
Project Management
29. 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.
PMO
Program infrastructure
Program
Program Approval Factor
30. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Domain
Project Domain
Portfolio Management
Steering Committee
31. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Benefit Delivery
Integration Testing
Benefits Management
Program
32. 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
Portfolio Review Board
Program
Program Management Plan Content
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
33. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Components
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Benefit Delivery
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
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Setup Output
Programs
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
35. ___________ 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Programs end
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-Program Preparations
36. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Means of Governance
Benefits Transistion
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Project
37. 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 Charter Contents
Program Governance
Process Groups
Program Setup Phase
38. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Relationship among projects within a program
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Identification
Components
39. Second phase of benefits management
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Start
Main Program Phases One of Five
40. 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
Programs end
Program Information Flow
Initiating and planning
41. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Pre-Program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Benefit
Pre-Program Phase Activity
42. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Any time
Main Program Phases One of Five
Domain interaction
Portfolio Components
43. Pre-Program Preparations
Portfolio Review Board
Main Program Phases One of Five
Organizational Process Assets
Main Program Phases Five of Five
44. First phase of benefits management
Program Shutdown
Project
Benefits Identification
Program Closure Phase Activities
45. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure
Program Initiation Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
46. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Initiating and planning
Program Benefit Delivery
47. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Information Flow
48. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Portfolio Components
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Shutdown
Benefits Realization Planning
49. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Project Management
Program Management
Initiating and planning
Phase-Gate Review
50. 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
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Closure Phase
Program Start