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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. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Strong communication skills
Initiating and planning
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
2. 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
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
3. Management oversight of a program
Program Manager
Governance
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Strong communication skills
4. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Enterprise environmental factor
Main Program Phases One of Five
Programs end
5. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program begins
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Realization Planning
6. Program Setup
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases Three of Five
7. 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 Information Flow
Program Charter Contents
Program
Program Benefit Delivery
8. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Governance
9. First phase of benefits management
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Identification
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Setup Phase
10. 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
Program infrastructure
Components
Initiating and planning
Program Management Plan Content
11. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Charter Contents
Program Management Plan Content
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Approval
12. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio Components
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Any time
13. Program Initiation
Program
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Identification
14. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Approval Factor
15. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Organizational Process Assets
16. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Benefits Identification
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
17. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Domain interaction
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup Output
18. 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 Initiation Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Process assets
Relationship among projects within a program
19. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Phase Activity
Any time
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
20. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Pre-program Preparations
Project Domain
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Charter Approval
21. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Start
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Charter Approval
22. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Means of Governance
Product Lifecycle
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
23. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Process assets
Benefits Management
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.
Initiating and planning
Benefits Management
Program infrastructure
Programs
25. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Components
Programs
Program Setup Phase
Program Shutdown
26. 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
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio Management
Program Manager
27. 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 Three of Five
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Means of Governance
28. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Programs end
Phase-Gate Review
Components
29. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Benefits Transistion
Program Start
Initiating and planning
30. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Portfolio
Program Setup Output
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Transistion
31. 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
Benefit
Program Closure Phase
Strong communication skills
32. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Charter Approval
Process Groups
Phase-Gate Review
Program Initiation
33. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio Review Board
Program Initiation
Any time
34. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Any time
Program Start
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Three of Five
35. A program must have more than one to function.
Components
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Steering Committee
Program begins
36. 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
Program Information Flow
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
37. 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
Benefits Identification
Program Closure
Program Start
38. 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.
Integration Testing
Program Governance
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases Five of Five
39. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Domain interaction
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program infrastructure
40. 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
Program Information Flow
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefit
41. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Life Cycle
Program Management Plan Content
42. 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
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Components
Programs end
Program Closure Phase Activity
43. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Life Cycle
Process Groups
Benefits Analysis and Planning
44. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Program Charter Approval
Domain interaction
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
45. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Integration Testing
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase
Program Approval Factor
46. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Management
Program Initiation
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
47. 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 Benefit Delivery
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization
48. 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
Pre-Program Preparations
Process assets
Phase-Gate Review
49. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Strong communication skills
Program Charter Approval
Program Initiation Phase Activity
50. Third lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Setup
Program Life Cycle