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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. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Integration Testing
Phase-Gate Review Approach
2. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Strong communication skills
Portfolio Management
Program Setup Phase
3. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Realization Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process Groups
4. Second phase of benefits management
Program begins
Main Program Phases One of Five
Pre-program Preparations
Benefits Analysis and Planning
5. 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 Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Charter Approval
Program Setup
Pre-Program Phase Activity
6. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Approval Factor
7. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Portfolio Review Board
Benefit
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Steering Committee
8. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Enterprise environmental factor
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
9. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Governance
Program Setup Output
Program Setup Phase
Integration Testing
10. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Manager
Program Setup
Program Setup Phase Activity
11. 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
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
12. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Process assets
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Product Lifecycle
Program Shutdown
13. Fifth lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Closure
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
14. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Program Closure Phase
Program Information Flow
Program Benefit Delivery
15. 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.
Governance
Portfolio Review Board
Domain interaction
Process Groups
16. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Product Lifecycle
Benefit
Program Domain
Benefits Management
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.
Process assets
Program Management
Domain interaction
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
18. Third lifecycle phase
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup
Strong communication skills
Program Domain
19. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
Process Groups
20. 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
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase
21. 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 Manager
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Domain interaction
Portfolio
22. 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.
Project Management
Pre-program Preparations
Programs end
Parallel lifecycle to Program
23. 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 Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure Phase
Benefits Management
24. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Project Management
Program Closure Phase
Product Lifecycle
25. First lifecycle phase
Program Initiation Phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Pre-Program Preparations
Project Management
26. 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
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio
Main Program Phases Three of Five
27. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Life Cycle
Main Program Phases Four of Five
28. 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
Programs end
PMO
Main Program Phases Three of Five
29. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Product Lifecycle
Process assets
Program
30. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
31. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Domain
32. 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 Information Flow
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase
Pre-program Preparations
33. Pre-Program Preparations
Components
Program Manager
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Realization
34. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Initiating and planning
Project Domain
35. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Benefits Management
Program Start
Process assets
Program Governance
36. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Program Charter Approval
Project
Main Program Phases One of Five
Domain interaction
37. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
PMO
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases Five of Five
38. First phase of benefits management
Programs
Benefits Identification
Governance
Portfolio Review Board
39. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Start
Program Setup
Program Domain
Program Information Flow
40. Fourth lifecycle phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Realization Planning
41. Aligning the vision - mission and values - Developing an initial detailed cost and schedule plan - Conducting feasibility studies - where applicable - Establishing rules for make/buy decisions as well as those for selecting subcontractors - Develo
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Shutdown
Organizational Process Assets
Pre-Program Preparations
42. Third phase of benefits management
Product Lifecycle
Strong communication skills
Benefits Transistion
Benefits Realization
43. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Shutdown
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Life Cycle
Phase-Gate Review Approach
44. 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.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Output
Program Governance
Benefits Transistion
45. 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
Benefits Management
Program Shutdown
Program Governance
Program
46. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Process Groups
Portfolio Components
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Enterprise environmental factor
47. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Domain interaction
Pre-program Preparations
Program Initiation
48. 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
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program infrastructure
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Phase-Gate Review
49. 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 Manager
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Initiation Phase
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
Project Management
Process assets
Benefits Identification
Program Management Responsibilities