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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. 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
Portfolio Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio
2. 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.)
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Charter Contents
Programs
3. 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
Programs end
Program Shutdown
Product Lifecycle
Program Management Responsibilities
4. 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 Analysis and Planning
Program Information Flow
Pre-program Preparations
Program Approval Factor
5. 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
Portfolio Management
Program Closure
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup Phase
6. 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 Charter Contents
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Life Cycle
7. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Management
Programs
8. 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
Project Management
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Output
9. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Initiating and planning
Program Start
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases Four of Five
10. ___________ 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.
Programs end
Benefits Realization Planning
Program infrastructure
Main Program Phases One of Five
11. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
Pre-Program Phase Activity
12. Program Setup
Project Domain
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Strong communication skills
13. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Program begins
Delivery of Program Benefits
Project Management
14. Management oversight of a program
Program Initiation Phase
Program Start
Governance
Enterprise environmental factor
15. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Governance
Program Initiation Phase
Phase-Gate Review
Program Setup Output
16. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Components
Program Charter
Main Program Phases One of Five
17. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
18. 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.
Any time
Program Charter Contents
Program Management Plan Content
Program Management
19. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program Setup Phase Activity
Project Management
Benefits Management
Project Domain
20. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Phase-Gate Review
Product Lifecycle
Program Approval Factor
Relationship among projects within a program
21. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program begins
Program Charter Contents
22. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Governance
Process assets
Program Setup Phase
23. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Start
Strong communication skills
Relationship among projects within a program
Any time
24. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Governance
Benefits Realization Planning
Programs
Program Setup Phase
25. 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 Charter Contents
Program Start
Program Shutdown
26. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Charter Contents
Product Lifecycle
Program begins
27. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Components
Program Closure Phase
Benefit
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
28. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
Project
29. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio Review Board
Program Closure Phase Activities
30. 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
Program Management Plan Content
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefits Management
31. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Domain
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Benefit Delivery
32. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
Organizational Process Assets
Program Setup Output
33. 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 Phase
Program Shutdown
Program Charter Contents
34. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project Domain
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Domain interaction
35. 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.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Domain interaction
Program Initiation Phase
Program Setup Phase
36. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Program Closure Phase
Process Groups
Program Setup Phase Activity
37. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase
Program Approval Factor
Program
38. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Components
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio
Process Groups
39. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase
Pre-program Preparations
40. 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
Strong communication skills
Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Management Plan Content
41. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio
Means of Governance
Phase-Gate Review Approach
42. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Governance
Program Charter Approval
PMO
Portfolio
43. First lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Information Flow
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
44. Pre-Program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
45. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Portfolio Components
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program
46. Program is ended by ________
Program Information Flow
Portfolio
Program Initiation Phase
Steering Committee
47. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Information Flow
Project Domain
Program Management Plan Content
48. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Realization
Program Management Plan Content
Program Charter Approval
49. 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 Benefit Delivery
Program Information Flow
Phase-Gate Review Approach
PMO
50. 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 Governance
Programs
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Pre-Program Phase Activity