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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. 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
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Closure
Integration Testing
2. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Benefit
Program Initiation Phase
Program Management Plan Content
Parallel lifecycle to Program
3. 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 Benefit Delivery
Program Charter Contents
Programs end
Portfolio Components
4. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Pre-Program Preparations
Portfolio Management
Project Management
Product Lifecycle
5. 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
Program Closure
Means of Governance
Program Closure Phase
6. A program must have more than one to function.
Program Setup Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Manager
Components
7. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Benefits Management
Program Domain
Phase-Gate Review
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
8. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization
Program Approval Factor
9. 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
Program
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Project
10. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Programs end
Process assets
Main Program Phases Four of Five
11. 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.
Process Groups
Portfolio Review Board
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
12. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Program Information Flow
Programs
Program Charter Contents
13. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Benefits Management
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Governance
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
14. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Governance
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Initiating and planning
Portfolio Components
15. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
PMO
Initiating and planning
Any time
Portfolio Review Board
16. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Strong communication skills
Organizational Process Assets
Benefit
Parallel lifecycle to Program
17. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases One of Five
Portfolio Components
Any time
18. 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 Manager
Program Setup Phase
Domain interaction
Program Shutdown
19. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Initiation Phase
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase Activities
Means of Governance
20. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Setup
Benefit
Product Lifecycle
Program
21. ___________ 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.
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Start
Programs end
22. 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
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase Activities
Parallel lifecycle to Program
23. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Closure Phase Activity
Project Management
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Shutdown
24. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup
25. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Program Management Plan Content
Main Program Phases One of Five
Programs
Initiating and planning
26. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Shutdown
Program Charter Approval
27. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Shutdown
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases One of Five
Pre-program Preparations
28. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Program Management Plan Content
Governance
Process Groups
29. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Setup Phase
PMO
Program Closure Phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
30. 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.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio Management
Program Governance
Program Information Flow
31. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program begins
Portfolio
Benefits Management
32. 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.
Portfolio
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Identification
33. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits
Integration Testing
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 ________
Any time
Project Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review
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.
Portfolio
Program Initiation Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Portfolio
36. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Steering Committee
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Management Responsibilities
Components
37. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Setup Phase
38. 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
Project Management
Program begins
Program Setup Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
39. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio Components
Process assets
Portfolio Management
40. 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
Initiating and planning
Components
Program Charter Contents
41. Program Initiation
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program
42. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Process assets
Program Setup Phase
Product Lifecycle
43. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Portfolio Components
Program infrastructure
Benefits Realization
44. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Manager
Program Closure Phase
Program
Program Setup Phase
45. First lifecycle phase
Initiating and planning
Pre-Program Preparations
Governance
Program Initiation
46. 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 Information Flow
Project
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Approval Factor
47. 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 Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
PMO
Main Program Phases One of Five
48. 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
Benefits Management
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Portfolio
Benefits Realization Planning
49. Program Setup
Portfolio
Program Manager
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Three of Five
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
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Transistion