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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. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Program Charter Contents
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Domain
2. Program Setup
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio Review Board
3. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Program Initiation Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Information Flow
Program
4. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Project Management
Program Management Plan Content
Main Program Phases Three of Five
5. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Benefits Management
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase
6. 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 Setup
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Strong communication skills
Benefits Management
7. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program
Benefit
Program Management
Benefits Management
8. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefits Realization Planning
Process assets
Domain interaction
9. 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 Start
Program Closure
Phase-Gate Review
Organizational Process Assets
10. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Domain
Program Life Cycle
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Initiation
11. 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
Governance
Benefits Realization
Process assets
12. ___________ 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.
Benefits Transistion
Pre-Program Preparations
Programs end
Process Groups
13. 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 Setup Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Information Flow
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
14. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Domain interaction
Program Closure
Program Information Flow
15. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Steering Committee
Project
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup
16. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Components
Integration Testing
Program Manager
17. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program Charter
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program begins
Program Start
18. 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 Manager
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Output
Program Information Flow
19. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Initiation Phase
Program Life Cycle
Program Closure Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
20. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Management Plan Content
Pre-program Preparations
Project
21. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Domain interaction
Components
Any time
Benefits Realization
22. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Project Domain
Program Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
23. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Management
24. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Setup Phase
Programs
Program Closure
Process assets
25. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Integration Testing
Program
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase Activity
26. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Strong communication skills
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Setup Output
27. Pre-Program Preparations
Governance
Main Program Phases One of Five
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Main Program Phases Four of Five
28. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Program Closure
Program Setup
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Domain interaction
29. Program is ended by ________
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Steering Committee
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
30. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Life Cycle
Initiating and planning
Program Governance
31. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Information Flow
Program
Project
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
32. 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 One of Five
Program Closure
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Life Cycle
33. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Process Groups
Program Domain
Program Initiation
34. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Portfolio Management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Manager
Program Benefit Delivery
35. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Reviews
36. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Governance
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Transistion
Program Setup Phase
37. 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
Program Shutdown
PMO
Enterprise environmental factor
38. 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
Project Management
Benefits Management
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Programs
39. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Setup Phase
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Product Lifecycle
Programs end
40. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program Initiation
Program Shutdown
Project Management
Integration Testing
41. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Pre-program Preparations
Portfolio
42. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program Closure Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Domain
Means of Governance
43. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Approval Factor
PMO
44. Second lifecycle phase
Program Management Responsibilities
Delivery of Program Benefits
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation
45. 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
Governance
PMO
Project Management
46. 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.
Process Groups
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program infrastructure
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
47. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program infrastructure
Program
Program Initiation
Strong communication skills
48. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
PMO
Process assets
Program Management Plan Content
Portfolio Management
49. 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.
Project Management
Program Setup Phase
Product Lifecycle
Phase-Gate Review
50. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Charter
Components
Benefits Management
Program