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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. Third phase of benefits management
Phase-Gate Reviews
Project
Benefits Realization
Program Closure Phase
2. 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
Program Management Plan Content
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup Phase
Process assets
3. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Project Domain
Program Start
Phase-Gate Review
Program Benefit Delivery
4. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Means of Governance
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
5. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Components
Process Groups
Programs
6. 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.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program
Program infrastructure
Phase-Gate Review Approach
7. Program Closure
Program Setup Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Management Plan Content
Organizational Process Assets
8. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Closure
Program
Program Start
Governance
9. 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
Steering Committee
Governance
Program
10. 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.
Strong communication skills
Organizational Process Assets
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup Phase
11. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Phase-Gate Reviews
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Domain interaction
Program Domain
12. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Means of Governance
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefit
Portfolio Components
13. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Governance
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Management
Program Charter
14. Program Initiation
Program Charter
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Two of Five
15. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Start
Program Initiation Phase Activity
16. 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
Benefits Realization
Program Setup
Program Life Cycle
17. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
PMO
Any time
Project Domain
18. 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
Benefits Identification
Phase-Gate Review
Program Management
Program Information Flow
19. 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
Program Closure Phase Activity
Relationship among projects within a program
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Information Flow
20. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Life Cycle
21. Third lifecycle phase
Program Approval Factor
Program Domain
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Setup
22. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Project Domain
Program Initiation Phase
Program Closure Phase
23. Program Setup
Steering Committee
Program
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
24. 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
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Portfolio Components
25. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefit
Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Five of Five
26. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Integration Testing
Program Shutdown
Relationship among projects within a program
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
27. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Information Flow
Portfolio
Benefits Realization
28. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Portfolio Review Board
Delivery of Program Benefits
Initiating and planning
Pre-program Preparations
29. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Benefits Identification
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Management Responsibilities
30. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review Approach
31. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Identification
Program Governance
32. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Setup Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
33. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Relationship among projects within a program
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio Management
Project Management
34. ___________ 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 Analysis and Planning
Programs end
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Pre-Program Preparations
35. 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
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase Activity
Project Management
Project
36. 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.
Project Domain
Program Closure
Program Approval Factor
Program Initiation Phase
37. First lifecycle phase
Program Start
Program Benefit Delivery
Steering Committee
Pre-Program Preparations
38. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Project Domain
Program Manager
Benefit
Integration Testing
39. 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
Enterprise environmental factor
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Benefits Realization Planning
40. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Any time
Program Initiation Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
41. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Project Management
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase
Integration Testing
42. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Initiation Phase
Program Governance
43. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Transistion
Delivery of Program Benefits
44. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Setup Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Closure Phase
Benefits Management
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
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits
Pre-program Preparations
Program Closure Phase
46. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
47. 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 Phase
Pre-program Preparations
Project
Program Setup Phase
48. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Strong communication skills
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Project Domain
Enterprise environmental factor
49. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Product Lifecycle
Program Shutdown
Program Setup Output
Steering Committee
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
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Management
Program Management
Program Management Responsibilities