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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Portfolio
Program Manager
Program Setup Output
Steering Committee
2. 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
Integration Testing
Program
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
3. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Benefits Transistion
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
Program begins
4. First phase of benefits management
Program Start
Benefits Identification
Program Initiation Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
5. 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 Closure Phase Activities
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Governance
Phase-Gate Review
6. 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 Management Responsibilities
Process assets
Components
Portfolio Review Board
7. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
PMO
Program infrastructure
Any time
Program Management Responsibilities
8. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Initiating and planning
Program Initiation
Program Governance
Parallel lifecycle to Program
9. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project Domain
PMO
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Relationship among projects within a program
10. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Start
Benefits Management
Program Life Cycle
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
11. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Benefits Transistion
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Shutdown
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
Program Information Flow
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio
13. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Integration Testing
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
14. Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Realization Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Initiating and planning
Benefits Management
15. Management oversight of a program
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Management Responsibilities
Governance
Program begins
16. 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
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Phase-Gate Review
Program Setup Output
17. 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
Steering Committee
Program Charter Contents
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
18. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio
Strong communication skills
19. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
20. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Project
Benefits Identification
21. 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.
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio Components
Pre-program Preparations
Program infrastructure
22. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Program Management Plan Content
Pre-program Preparations
Portfolio Review Board
23. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Program Setup Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program
Project
24. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program
PMO
Phase-Gate Reviews
Initiating and planning
25. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Management Responsibilities
Benefits Transistion
Governance
Project Domain
26. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
27. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
28. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Transistion
29. Second lifecycle phase
Program Charter Contents
Program Initiation
Program Charter Approval
Program Closure Phase Activities
30. Program is ended by ________
Product Lifecycle
Project
Portfolio Components
Steering Committee
31. 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
Any time
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
PMO
32. 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
Strong communication skills
Components
Program Setup Phase
33. Third phase of benefits management
Program Charter
Benefits Realization
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
34. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Benefits Management
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Management Plan Content
Any time
35. 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.
Program Management
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Management Plan Content
Program infrastructure
36. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
Phase-Gate Reviews
Initiating and planning
37. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Parallel lifecycle to Program
PMO
Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation
38. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Project Domain
Domain interaction
Program Setup Output
Program
39. Fourth lifecycle phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Identification
Delivery of Program Benefits
40. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefits Management
Project
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Domain interaction
41. Pre-Program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Information Flow
42. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Organizational Process Assets
Program Closure Phase Activities
Process Groups
Pre-program Preparations
43. 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
Program Charter Contents
Program
Program Setup Output
Any time
44. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Manager
Benefits Management
Portfolio Management
Benefits Realization Planning
45. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Process Groups
Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation Phase Activity
46. 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 Governance
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Governance
Program Charter Contents
47. First lifecycle phase
Benefits Transistion
Process Groups
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Management Plan Content
48. Program Closure
Program
Process assets
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Management
49. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Benefits Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Main Program Phases Three of Five
50. ___________ 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.
Benefit
Program Shutdown
Programs end
Program Charter