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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. Program Closure
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Any time
2. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Project Domain
Process Groups
Program Domain
Program Initiation Phase Activity
3. First lifecycle phase
Portfolio Management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program infrastructure
Pre-Program Preparations
4. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Governance
Benefits Identification
Program Life Cycle
Program begins
5. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program
6. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Closure
Integration Testing
Any time
Phase-Gate Review Approach
7. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Shutdown
Any time
8. 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
Benefits Realization
Product Lifecycle
Program infrastructure
9. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefit
Process Groups
Benefits Management
10. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Benefit
Program Information Flow
Organizational Process Assets
11. ___________ 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.
Program Setup
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Programs end
12. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Domain
Steering Committee
Benefits Management
Organizational Process Assets
13. 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
Benefit
Program Setup Phase Activity
Steering Committee
14. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio
Program Manager
Program Start
15. Management oversight of a program
Program Closure Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Setup Output
Governance
16. 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 Closure
Program Initiation Phase
Program Closure Phase
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.
Program Start
Process assets
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Management
18. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program infrastructure
Benefits Transistion
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Realization Planning
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
Domain interaction
Steering Committee
Program Setup Output
20. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Benefits Management
Steering Committee
Program Shutdown
Project
21. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Shutdown
Program Charter Contents
22. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Programs
Domain interaction
Benefit
23. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup
Project Domain
24. 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 Realization Planning
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Initiation Phase
Program Life Cycle
25. 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 Benefit Delivery
Program Charter Approval
Portfolio
Program Charter Contents
26. Third lifecycle phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
27. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Management Plan Content
Program Closure
Portfolio
Portfolio
28. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Programs end
Program Management Responsibilities
Portfolio Management
Benefit
29. 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
Portfolio
Portfolio
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Transistion
30. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Relationship among projects within a program
Project Management
Pre-program Preparations
Phase-Gate Review Approach
31. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Project Domain
Process Groups
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Initiating and planning
32. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Governance
33. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Start
Program infrastructure
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Components
34. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program infrastructure
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation
Project Domain
35. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Programs end
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Manager
36. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program
Project Domain
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Charter Approval
37. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Shutdown
38. Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Programs
Benefit
39. 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.
Process assets
Program Information Flow
Pre-program Preparations
Program Charter Contents
40. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Life Cycle
Governance
Benefits Management
Program Shutdown
41. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Components
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activities
Strong communication skills
42. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Initiating and planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Identification
43. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Steering Committee
Pre-program Preparations
Program Life Cycle
44. 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
Program
Steering Committee
Benefits Transistion
Program Management Responsibilities
45. 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
Benefits Identification
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Charter Contents
Pre-program Preparations
46. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Program Setup Output
Program Initiation
Program Charter Contents
Delivery of Program Benefits
47. 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.
Benefits Realization Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Portfolio Review Board
Means of Governance
48. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefits Management
Integration Testing
Initiating and planning
Domain interaction
49. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program
Project Domain
Program Closure Phase Activities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
50. 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 Closure Phase Activities
PMO
Product Lifecycle
Any time