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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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






2. 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






3. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






4. A program must have more than one to function.






5. Third lifecycle phase






6. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.






7. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.






8. Program Setup






9. ___________ 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.






10. Fifth lifecycle phase






11. Program Initiation






12. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.






13. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






14. 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.






15. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________






16. Program is ended by ________






17. First lifecycle phase






18. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






19. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






20. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






21. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






22. 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.






23. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






24. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






25. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.






26. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.






27. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






28. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.






29. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.






30. 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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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






36. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.






37. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched






38. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






39. Second lifecycle phase






40. 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






41. 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






42. Third phase of benefits management






43. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________






44. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements






45. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.






46. Fourth Phase of benefits management






47. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.






48. 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






49. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.






50. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.