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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Information Flow
Benefits Identification
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Domain
2. Second lifecycle phase
Program Closure Phase
Process Groups
Program Setup
Program Initiation
3. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Initiation
Portfolio Components
Program Governance
Program Domain
4. 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.
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Approval Factor
Program Initiation Phase
Project Management
5. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Means of Governance
Strong communication skills
Benefits Analysis and Planning
6. 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.
Benefits Realization
Integration Testing
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Governance
7. 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 Initiation Phase Activity
Integration Testing
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Realization
8. 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
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio
Program Setup
9. 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
Benefits Management
Program
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Identification
10. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Setup Output
Program Charter Contents
11. 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.
Relationship among projects within a program
Portfolio
Program
Program Management
12. 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
Enterprise environmental factor
PMO
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio
13. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Portfolio Components
Program Charter Approval
Strong communication skills
Relationship among projects within a program
14. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Means of Governance
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
15. 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.
Components
Program infrastructure
Program Approval Factor
Process Groups
16. Program Setup
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Management
17. 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
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase
PMO
18. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Management
Program Start
Benefits Transistion
19. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Program
Means of Governance
Relationship among projects within a program
20. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter
Steering Committee
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
21. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Programs
Benefits Management
Phase-Gate Review
Phase-Gate Reviews
22. 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 Initiation Phase Activity
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program begins
Program Information Flow
23. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program
Program Management
Benefits Identification
24. First lifecycle phase
Organizational Process Assets
Pre-Program Preparations
PMO
Program Initiation Phase Activity
25. Management oversight of a program
Program Management
Program Shutdown
Program Life Cycle
Governance
26. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Project Management
Program Manager
Main Program Phases Four of Five
27. A program must have more than one to function.
Pre-Program Preparations
Components
Program Charter Contents
Program Management Plan Content
28. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefit
Phase-Gate Reviews
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefits Realization Planning
29. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Pre-program Preparations
Portfolio
Process Groups
Project Domain
30. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Management Plan Content
Project
31. 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
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Process assets
Project Management
32. First phase of benefits management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefits Identification
Program Charter
33. 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
Program Closure Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
Program Setup
Program Manager
34. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program
Programs end
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio
35. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Phase-Gate Review
Program Management
36. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Portfolio Management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup
Benefits Transistion
37. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Program
Program Information Flow
Program Management Responsibilities
38. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Program Management Responsibilities
Project
Portfolio Components
Program Initiation Phase Activity
39. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
40. Third lifecycle phase
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Domain
Program Setup
41. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
42. Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Transistion
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
43. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Steering Committee
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
44. 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
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Domain
Portfolio
45. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Governance
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Charter Approval
Benefits Management
46. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program Charter Contents
Project Management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Programs
47. 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
Relationship among projects within a program
Phase-Gate Review
Project Domain
Main Program Phases One of Five
48. Program Initiation
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Domain interaction
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
49. 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 Charter Contents
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Phase
50. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Approval Factor
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Governance
Program Charter