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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
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Strong communication skills
Project Domain
Program infrastructure
2. 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
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Management Responsibilities
Pre-program Preparations
3. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Governance
Benefits Identification
Benefits Management
Program Charter Contents
4. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Start
Initiating and planning
Program Closure
Benefits Realization
5. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Phase-Gate Review
Programs end
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
6. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
Process assets
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
7. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Integration Testing
Phase-Gate Reviews
Project
Benefits Transistion
8. 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
Program Charter Approval
Program Governance
Benefits Management
9. First phase of benefits management
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Identification
Portfolio
10. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Domain
Program Management Responsibilities
Domain interaction
Benefit
11. Fourth lifecycle phase
Portfolio Components
Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Setup Phase
12. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase
Project
13. Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase
Program Life Cycle
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
14. 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 begins
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefits Realization
Program Manager
15. 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.
Portfolio Management
Benefits Transistion
Pre-program Preparations
Program Management Responsibilities
16. ___________ 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.
Programs end
Program Initiation Phase
Program Setup Phase
Program
17. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Portfolio
Program Manager
Process Groups
18. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Strong communication skills
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Any time
19. 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.
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Information Flow
Program Start
Program Governance
20. 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
Portfolio
Governance
Integration Testing
Program Charter Approval
21. Fifth lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Domain interaction
Program Closure
22. 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
Program Approval Factor
Program Management
Program Initiation Phase Activity
23. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Portfolio Components
Programs
Organizational Process Assets
24. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Organizational Process Assets
PMO
Program Closure
25. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure
Benefits Identification
Portfolio Components
26. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Portfolio Components
Program Initiation Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Programs
27. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Project Domain
Program Shutdown
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
28. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Charter Approval
Phase-Gate Review
Project Domain
Governance
29. Program is ended by ________
Process assets
Steering Committee
Relationship among projects within a program
Parallel lifecycle to Program
30. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Project Domain
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Manager
31. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefits Management
Program Charter
32. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Management
Components
Benefits Realization Planning
33. First lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Pre-Program Preparations
Steering Committee
Domain interaction
34. 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 Realization
Program Domain
Steering Committee
35. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Process Groups
Programs
Portfolio
36. 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
Benefits Realization
Program Charter Approval
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup
37. Program Setup
Program Closure
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Relationship among projects within a program
38. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Benefits Management
Program Setup Output
Program Setup Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
39. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
PMO
Project Management
Any time
Programs end
40. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Process assets
Program begins
Domain interaction
Steering Committee
41. 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
Any time
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Charter Contents
Program Closure Phase Activities
42. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Programs end
Program Setup Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Means of Governance
43. Second phase of benefits management
Program
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Management Responsibilities
44. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Charter Approval
Program
Benefit
45. 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
Program Setup Phase
Program infrastructure
Portfolio Review Board
46. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Domain interaction
Initiating and planning
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Initiation Phase Activity
47. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program
Benefit
Program Closure
48. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Project Domain
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Setup Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
49. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Start
Phase-Gate Review
Program Domain
50. 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
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity