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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Program
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Project
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
2. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Any time
Program Charter Contents
Program Charter Approval
3. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Charter
Program Management Plan Content
Steering Committee
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
4. 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 Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Realization
Program Charter Approval
5. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Shutdown
Portfolio
Benefits Management
Portfolio Management
6. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Benefits Realization Planning
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Information Flow
7. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase
Program begins
8. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Initiation Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Project
9. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Program Governance
Program Approval Factor
Initiating and planning
10. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Governance
Main Program Phases One of Five
Portfolio Components
Any time
11. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program
Process assets
Program Charter
Program Closure Phase Activity
12. 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
Domain interaction
Portfolio Components
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
13. Second lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio Review Board
14. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Governance
Means of Governance
Portfolio Review Board
15. Second phase of benefits management
Program Initiation
Project
Program Closure
Benefits Analysis and Planning
16. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Project Management
Relationship among projects within a program
Product Lifecycle
Steering Committee
17. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Portfolio Review Board
Steering Committee
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
18. Fourth lifecycle phase
Program Closure Phase Activity
PMO
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio Review Board
19. A program must have more than one to function.
Program
Program Initiation
Components
Relationship among projects within a program
20. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Any time
Portfolio Management
Pre-Program Preparations
21. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Any time
22. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Portfolio Management
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Project Domain
23. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Project Domain
Program Manager
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Enterprise environmental factor
24. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Closure Phase Activity
25. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Process assets
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Realization Planning
26. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Portfolio
Phase-Gate Review
Program begins
Process Groups
27. 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 Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
28. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
29. 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
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Charter
30. 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.
Means of Governance
Program Governance
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Contents
31. 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 Management Plan Content
Program Initiation Phase
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup
32. Program Setup
Phase-Gate Reviews
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
33. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Information Flow
Integration Testing
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Start
34. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
35. 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
Program Setup Phase
Program Information Flow
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
36. 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 Life Cycle
Benefits Identification
Components
37. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Program Start
Program Domain
Program Charter Contents
38. 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.
PMO
Project Management
Pre-program Preparations
Program Benefit Delivery
39. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Components
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Project Domain
Program Domain
40. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Setup Output
Benefits Realization
Project Management
41. 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
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Governance
PMO
Program Charter Contents
42. 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.
Means of Governance
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase
Portfolio Management
43. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Domain interaction
Project
Program begins
Steering Committee
44. 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
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program
Portfolio Components
45. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Pre-Program Preparations
Means of Governance
Project Management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
46. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Program Information Flow
Project
Program Initiation Phase
47. 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 Charter Contents
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
Program Approval Factor
48. 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
PMO
Program Approval Factor
Program
Program Initiation Phase
49. 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 Domain
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
50. Program Closure
Process Groups
Programs
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Main Program Phases Five of Five