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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure Phase
Program Manager
2. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Organizational Process Assets
Program Manager
Main Program Phases Two of Five
3. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Start
4. 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.
Portfolio Review Board
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process Groups
Project
5. 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 Charter Approval
Program Setup Output
Project Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
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.
Organizational Process Assets
Program Management Plan Content
Strong communication skills
Program infrastructure
7. First phase of benefits management
Portfolio
Benefits Identification
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase
8. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Approval Factor
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
9. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Integration Testing
Portfolio Management
Program Charter Approval
10. 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
Program Initiation Phase
Components
Strong communication skills
11. 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
Organizational Process Assets
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Charter Contents
Program Benefit Delivery
12. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Programs end
Portfolio
Program Shutdown
Program Setup
13. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Integration Testing
Program Charter
Project Management
14. 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
Strong communication skills
PMO
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Initiation
15. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program
Program Initiation Phase
Benefits Management
Program Start
16. Management oversight of a program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Governance
Program Manager
Portfolio
17. 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 Closure Phase
Benefits Management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Portfolio
18. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Domain
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Domain interaction
19. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Reviews
Process assets
20. Program Initiation
Pre-program Preparations
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Integration Testing
21. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Life Cycle
Project Management
Programs
22. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Initiating and planning
Program Management Responsibilities
Pre-Program Preparations
23. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
Strong communication skills
PMO
24. ___________ 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
Program Benefit Delivery
25. 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
Phase-Gate Review
Program Setup Phase
Program Life Cycle
Phase-Gate Review Approach
26. Program Closure
Programs end
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Charter Approval
Program Management Responsibilities
27. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Setup
Product Lifecycle
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Relationship among projects within a program
28. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Programs
Program Setup
Program begins
29. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Governance
Program Setup
Process Groups
30. 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 Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Charter Contents
Program Start
Main Program Phases One of Five
31. First lifecycle phase
Means of Governance
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
32. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Governance
Program Management Plan Content
Program Setup Phase
33. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Program Closure
Program Management Plan Content
Process assets
34. 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
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Charter
Program Manager
35. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Program Shutdown
Program Closure
Program Governance
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.
Relationship among projects within a program
Domain interaction
Program Benefit Delivery
Strong communication skills
37. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Shutdown
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Manager
Initiating and planning
38. 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
Process Groups
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Governance
Program Approval Factor
39. Program is ended by ________
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program
Steering Committee
Program Closure Phase Activities
40. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Means of Governance
Program Closure Phase
Program Management
Main Program Phases One of Five
41. Pre-Program Preparations
Process Groups
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Realization
42. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Pre-program Preparations
Benefits Identification
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Transistion
43. 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 Setup Phase
Program Setup
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Management
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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Management Responsibilities
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
45. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Program
Program Shutdown
Process Groups
46. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program begins
Strong communication skills
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Four of Five
47. 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
Integration Testing
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase Activity
48. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefits Management
Programs end
Benefits Realization Planning
49. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Initiating and planning
Any time
Program Management
50. 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
Program Domain
Program Setup Output
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter