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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Process assets
2. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Program Setup Phase
Any time
Benefit
3. 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
Benefits Management
Program
Main Program Phases One of Five
4. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Programs
Benefits Management
5. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Management
Means of Governance
Program Governance
6. 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
Program Domain
Phase-Gate Reviews
Process assets
7. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Setup Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Any time
Pre-Program Preparations
8. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases One of Five
Programs
Program Charter Contents
9. 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 Benefit Delivery
Portfolio Review Board
Means of Governance
Programs
10. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits
Governance
Initiating and planning
11. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases One of Five
Strong communication skills
12. 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 Management
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio
13. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Domain interaction
Portfolio Review Board
Phase-Gate Reviews
14. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Program Closure Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program
Domain interaction
15. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Portfolio Management
Benefits Realization Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
16. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program
Programs
Program Initiation Phase Activity
17. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Initiation Phase
Programs end
Benefit
Program Setup
18. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
PMO
Program Initiation
Program
19. 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
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Management
20. 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.
Governance
Program Initiation Phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program begins
21. 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 Management Plan Content
Programs
Program Approval Factor
Program Governance
22. 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 Setup Output
Pre-program Preparations
Program Approval Factor
Program Charter Contents
23. Program Initiation
Components
Program
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-program Preparations
24. 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
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Information Flow
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup Output
25. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program Charter Approval
Means of Governance
Strong communication skills
Program
26. 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.
Process assets
Pre-program Preparations
Components
Phase-Gate Reviews
27. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Charter
Program Domain
Program
Main Program Phases Four of Five
28. Second lifecycle phase
Program Charter
Strong communication skills
Governance
Program Initiation
29. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Project Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits
30. 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.
Benefits Management
Integration Testing
Program Management
Programs
31. Management oversight of a program
Programs end
Program Closure
Portfolio
Governance
32. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase
33. 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.
Steering Committee
Program infrastructure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Realization
34. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Enterprise environmental factor
Pre-program Preparations
Program Information Flow
Portfolio Management
35. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Charter Approval
Pre-program Preparations
Program
Program Life Cycle
36. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio Management
Project Domain
Product Lifecycle
37. A program must have more than one to function.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Components
Portfolio Review Board
Benefit
38. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Portfolio
Enterprise environmental factor
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Approval Factor
39. Delivery of Program Benefits
PMO
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Pre-Program Preparations
40. First lifecycle phase
Program begins
Program Setup Output
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Realization Planning
41. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Portfolio Review Board
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Steering Committee
42. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Charter
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Management
43. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Means of Governance
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup Phase Activity
Project Management
44. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program
45. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Relationship among projects within a program
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
46. 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
Product Lifecycle
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter Contents
Program Initiation Phase
47. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Initiating and planning
Program begins
Program Closure Phase Activity
48. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Closure Phase Activity
Any time
Program
49. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
Process Groups
Benefits Analysis and Planning
50. 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 Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase Activity
Process Groups
Program Shutdown