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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 Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Strong communication skills
Portfolio Management
Benefit
2. 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
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
3. 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
Program Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
4. 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 Domain
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Contents
Pre-program Preparations
5. 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
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
6. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Portfolio
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Shutdown
7. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase Activity
PMO
Process Groups
8. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Portfolio
Domain interaction
9. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Process Groups
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Identification
Program Benefit Delivery
10. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefit
Program
11. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Program Setup
Delivery of Program Benefits
Domain interaction
Program begins
12. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Portfolio Components
Pre-program Preparations
Project Domain
Benefits Realization Planning
13. 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.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Closure
Portfolio Review Board
Relationship among projects within a program
14. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Approval Factor
Main Program Phases Five of Five
15. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Process Groups
Project Domain
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Initiation Phase Activity
16. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup Output
Programs end
17. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Charter
Program Shutdown
18. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Components
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Identification
Programs
19. 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
Programs
Phase-Gate Review
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
20. 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
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Transistion
Pre-program Preparations
21. 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 Information Flow
Program Start
Portfolio Management
Main Program Phases One of Five
22. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
Portfolio
Portfolio
23. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Approval Factor
24. 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 Closure
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Approval Factor
Project Management
25. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Transistion
Integration Testing
Program begins
26. 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.
PMO
Program Management
Program Setup
Any time
27. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Project Management
Program Life Cycle
Pre-Program Preparations
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
28. ___________ 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.
Program Start
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefits Management
Programs end
29. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review Approach
30. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Management
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program
Program Charter
31. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Management Plan Content
Means of Governance
Benefit
Project Management
32. 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
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program infrastructure
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Pre-Program Phase Activity
33. 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
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program
Program Management Plan Content
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
34. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Process assets
Program Start
Program Approval Factor
Means of Governance
35. 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
Main Program Phases One of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Programs end
Program Setup Phase
36. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Closure Phase Activity
37. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Initiation
Program Closure
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
38. 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 Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Charter
39. Program Setup
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio
Program Initiation Phase
40. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Management Plan Content
Program Manager
Program Domain
41. 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
Strong communication skills
Portfolio
Benefits Identification
PMO
42. 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
Integration Testing
Program Management Responsibilities
Benefits Identification
Pre-Program Preparations
43. Second phase of benefits management
Organizational Process Assets
Project Management
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Analysis and Planning
44. A program must have more than one to function.
Portfolio Management
Components
Program Charter Contents
Organizational Process Assets
45. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Components
Program Manager
Program Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
46. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Process Groups
Program Manager
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Transistion
47. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Benefits Realization Planning
Phase-Gate Review
Program Start
Program Charter Approval
48. 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
Portfolio
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefits Transistion
49. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Benefits Identification
Benefits Realization
Process Groups
50. Program Closure
Phase-Gate Review
Program Information Flow
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Project