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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. First phase of benefits management
Strong communication skills
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefits Identification
2. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Relationship among projects within a program
Program begins
Main Program Phases Two of Five
3. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Approval
Program
Domain interaction
4. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Charter Approval
Portfolio
Any time
Benefit
5. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Domain interaction
Programs end
Program Approval Factor
6. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Life Cycle
Steering Committee
7. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Program Management Responsibilities
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Manager
Main Program Phases Five of Five
8. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Management Plan Content
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
9. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio Components
10. 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
Program Benefit Delivery
Governance
Program Charter Contents
11. 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 Shutdown
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Two of Five
12. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Management
Phase-Gate Review
Program Approval Factor
13. 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
Initiating and planning
Portfolio Review Board
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Initiation Phase
14. 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-Gate Review Approach
Pre-program Preparations
15. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Program Management
Project Domain
Means of Governance
16. 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
Programs
Program Life Cycle
Program Closure Phase
Program
17. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program
Program Life Cycle
Program
18. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Management
Governance
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio
19. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Programs
Relationship among projects within a program
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefit
20. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Program Setup Output
Program Start
Pre-program Preparations
21. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Governance
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Process Groups
Domain interaction
22. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Process assets
Pre-Program Preparations
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
23. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Steering Committee
Program Approval Factor
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Manager
24. 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 Approval Factor
Program Manager
Program Charter Approval
Any time
25. Third phase of benefits management
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
Programs end
Main Program Phases Three of Five
26. 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 Delivery
Program Start
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Strong communication skills
27. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Programs
Phase-Gate Reviews
Steering Committee
Benefits Analysis and Planning
28. Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Project Management
29. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Program Start
Benefits Realization Planning
Benefits Management
30. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Governance
Program Domain
Portfolio Components
Phase-Gate Reviews
31. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefits Transistion
Program Closure
32. ___________ 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
Project Management
Strong communication skills
Program begins
33. 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
Program Charter
Program infrastructure
Phase-Gate Review
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
34. 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.
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Identification
Program infrastructure
PMO
35. A program must have more than one to function.
Portfolio Review Board
Components
Portfolio
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
36. 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
Project
Benefits Management
Project Management
37. Program Setup
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
Main Program Phases Three of Five
38. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Setup
Program Governance
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Benefit Delivery
39. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
Relationship among projects within a program
Project Management
Program Management
40. Program Closure
Project Domain
Program Setup
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
41. 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 Closure Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
Program Management Responsibilities
Steering Committee
42. First lifecycle phase
Program Closure Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Transistion
Delivery of Program Benefits
43. 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 Setup Output
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase Activity
44. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program
Program Setup Phase
45. 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
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Main Program Phases Five of Five
46. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
PMO
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Initiation Phase
Means of Governance
47. 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 Approval Factor
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Main Program Phases One of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
48. 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.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Governance
Program Management
49. 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.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase
Program infrastructure
Portfolio Components
50. 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 Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio