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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. 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
Any time
Portfolio Components
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Charter Contents
2. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Program
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase Activity
3. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup Phase Activity
4. 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
Process Groups
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Product Lifecycle
Pre-Program Phase Activity
5. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Initiating and planning
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Closure Phase
6. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase
7. 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
Program Charter Approval
Strong communication skills
Program Benefit Delivery
8. 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
Domain interaction
Program
Steering Committee
9. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Project Domain
PMO
Delivery of Program Benefits
10. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Steering Committee
Program Charter
Benefits Transistion
Program
11. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Setup
Steering Committee
Initiating and planning
Phase-Gate Review
12. 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
Portfolio Components
Portfolio
Program
Phase-Gate Review
13. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Process Groups
14. 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
Phase-Gate Reviews
Pre-program Preparations
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Identification
15. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Program Closure Phase
Program Charter Approval
Domain interaction
16. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Transistion
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
17. 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 Information Flow
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Realization Planning
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
18. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Portfolio Components
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Charter
Program Charter Approval
19. 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 Setup
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Shutdown
Program Closure Phase
20. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Charter Contents
Program Domain
Organizational Process Assets
Program Setup
21. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program Management
Means of Governance
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Setup Output
22. 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
Benefits Transistion
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Parallel lifecycle to Program
23. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Benefits Transistion
Phase-Gate Review
Programs
Benefit
24. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Governance
Program Closure
Enterprise environmental factor
Process Groups
25. Second lifecycle phase
Process Groups
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio Components
Program Initiation
26. 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.
Benefits Management
Program Initiation Phase
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase
27. Pre-Program Preparations
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Components
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases One of Five
28. 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
Project Domain
Portfolio
Strong communication skills
29. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Shutdown
Product Lifecycle
Means of Governance
Program Charter Contents
30. First phase of benefits management
Organizational Process Assets
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Identification
Program Setup Output
31. Second phase of benefits management
Program Setup Output
Program Governance
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Benefits Realization Planning
32. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Domain interaction
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio
Portfolio
33. 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
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Approval Factor
Main Program Phases Two of Five
34. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Closure Phase
Governance
Program
Program Setup Output
35. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Programs end
Benefits Realization
Process assets
Portfolio Management
36. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Charter
Program Management Responsibilities
Program infrastructure
Delivery of Program Benefits
37. 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
Integration Testing
Benefits Identification
Main Program Phases One of Five
38. Program is ended by ________
Benefits Transistion
Steering Committee
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Information Flow
39. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Components
Means of Governance
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Review Approach
40. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Program Approval Factor
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio
41. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Domain
Program Setup Phase Activity
Project Management
Phase-Gate Reviews
42. 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
Program Closure Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
43. 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
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program
44. Program Initiation
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Benefit Delivery
45. 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
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Management Responsibilities
Program
Portfolio Management
46. 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 Management
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Governance
Program
47. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Program Charter
Programs end
Strong communication skills
48. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Phase
49. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
PMO
Program Charter
Phase-Gate Reviews
50. First lifecycle phase
Program Shutdown
Pre-Program Preparations
Programs end
Enterprise environmental factor