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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. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Management
Program Domain
Parallel lifecycle to Program
2. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Project Management
Any time
Benefit
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
3. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Setup Output
Program Setup Phase
Strong communication skills
Portfolio
4. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Benefits Management
Program Governance
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Domain interaction
5. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Portfolio Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
Programs
6. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Benefits Realization
Program Charter
Phase-Gate Review
Strong communication skills
7. 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
Benefits Transistion
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program
8. 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
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
9. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Project Management
Benefits Transistion
Program Shutdown
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
10. 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 Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Management
Program Shutdown
Benefits Identification
11. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Program
Steering Committee
Program
12. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure
Program Charter Contents
Initiating and planning
13. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program
Project
Program Management Responsibilities
14. 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 Charter Contents
Project
Organizational Process Assets
Program Closure Phase
15. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefit
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Management
Benefits Transistion
16. Third phase of benefits management
Program Charter Contents
Means of Governance
Benefits Realization
Domain interaction
17. 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.
Programs
Portfolio Review Board
Program Management Responsibilities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
18. Program Closure
Program Life Cycle
PMO
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure
19. Management oversight of a program
Programs end
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Closure
Governance
20. 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
Program Manager
Process assets
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Phase-Gate Review
21. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Life Cycle
22. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Steering Committee
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Phase
23. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Domain
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Review Approach
24. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Steering Committee
Benefit
Program
Portfolio Review Board
25. 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.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Process Groups
Program infrastructure
Program Manager
26. 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
Portfolio Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
27. 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 Benefit Delivery
Program Charter Approval
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Charter
28. Program Setup
Product Lifecycle
Program Shutdown
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Initiation Phase Activity
29. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Program Start
Benefits Management
30. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Program Manager
Project
Project Management
Main Program Phases Five of Five
31. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
32. 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.
Steering Committee
Program Governance
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Programs
33. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase
Any time
Project Domain
34. 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.
Programs end
Program Information Flow
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Phase-Gate Review Approach
35. A program must have more than one to function.
Components
Program Governance
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Realization
36. 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
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Portfolio
Program Start
Program Setup Phase
37. Program Initiation
Phase-Gate Review
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Information Flow
Program
38. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Program
Relationship among projects within a program
Any time
Portfolio Management
39. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Pre-program Preparations
Project Domain
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup
40. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Approval Factor
Initiating and planning
Programs end
Main Program Phases Four of Five
41. 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.
Program Setup
Program
Program Management
Program Life Cycle
42. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Initiating and planning
Program Setup Phase
Project Management
Program
43. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Pre-program Preparations
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Phase-Gate Review Approach
44. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Manager
Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Charter Approval
45. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Domain
Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Five of Five
46. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Components
Program Management
47. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program begins
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program
PMO
48. Program is ended by ________
Project Domain
Steering Committee
Benefits Realization
Benefit
49. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure
Main Program Phases One of Five
Phase-Gate Review
Process Groups
50. 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 Management Plan Content
Program Charter Contents
Process Groups
Project Domain