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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 ________
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Domain
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation
2. Second phase of benefits management
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
3. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program
Benefits Realization Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
4. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefits Management
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Review Board
Domain interaction
5. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Setup
Program begins
Pre-Program Phase Activity
6. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Benefits Management
Steering Committee
Program Management Plan Content
7. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization Planning
Portfolio Management
8. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Management
Process assets
Process Groups
9. Fourth lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Identification
Main Program Phases Four of Five
10. 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
Product Lifecycle
PMO
Program Closure Phase Activity
Pre-program Preparations
11. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
PMO
Benefits Management
Program
Program Approval Factor
12. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Portfolio Components
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase Activities
13. Second lifecycle phase
Project Domain
Program Charter
Program Initiation
Program Closure Phase Activities
14. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Project Management
Program Manager
Benefits Transistion
15. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefit
Program Closure Phase Activity
Project Domain
16. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Reviews
Relationship among projects within a program
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.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Process assets
Any time
18. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefit
Program Charter
19. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program
Pre-program Preparations
Initiating and planning
Phase-Gate Review
20. Program Initiation
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
21. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Setup Output
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Programs
Process Groups
22. 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
Program Closure Phase
Portfolio
Program infrastructure
23. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Initiation Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
24. 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.
Governance
Program infrastructure
Project Management
Program Initiation Phase
25. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Setup
Relationship among projects within a program
Product Lifecycle
Program
26. Program is ended by ________
Initiating and planning
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Steering Committee
Delivery of Program Benefits
27. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program infrastructure
Benefits Realization
Portfolio Management
Program Benefit Delivery
28. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Initiation Phase Activity
29. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio Review Board
Program Closure
Benefits Management
30. 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
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase Activity
31. 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 Charter Approval
Program
Benefits Identification
Delivery of Program Benefits
32. 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
Domain interaction
Benefits Realization
Organizational Process Assets
Phase-Gate Review
33. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Portfolio Review Board
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
34. 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Program
PMO
Any time
35. 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
Benefits Identification
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
Portfolio
36. 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
Portfolio
Program Governance
Program Management Responsibilities
Phase-Gate Review
37. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Governance
Project
38. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Identification
39. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Start
40. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Review
Project Management
41. 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
Benefits Realization
Program Charter Contents
Program
Program Management Plan Content
42. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Benefits Realization Planning
Any time
Portfolio
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
43. Program Setup
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Management
44. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Governance
Phase-Gate Review Approach
45. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Charter Contents
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Manager
Program Shutdown
46. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Enterprise environmental factor
Organizational Process Assets
Domain interaction
Program Governance
47. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation
Program Setup
Program Charter Contents
48. 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
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Phase-Gate Review
Initiating and planning
Program Approval Factor
49. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Closure Phase Activity
Governance
Phase-Gate Reviews
50. A program manager has been identified - and the key input into this phase - a program brief or charter defining high-level scope - objectives - visions and constraints has been generated.
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
Program Setup Phase
Components