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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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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. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits
2. 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 Charter Contents
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
Main Program Phases One of Five
3. 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.
Program
Program Governance
Benefits Transistion
Main Program Phases Four of Five
4. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Phase-Gate Review
Integration Testing
Any time
Program Charter Approval
5. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Governance
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Management
Program Domain
6. 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
Program Manager
Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases Five of Five
7. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Charter Approval
Initiating and planning
Program Setup Output
8. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter Approval
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process assets
Domain interaction
9. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Portfolio Components
Programs
Program Setup Phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
10. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Benefits Transistion
Program begins
Steering Committee
Organizational Process Assets
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 Governance
Program
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Setup Phase Activity
12. Program is ended by ________
Program Charter Contents
Program Domain
Portfolio
Steering Committee
13. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Steering Committee
Program Management Responsibilities
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Two of Five
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 Closure Phase Activity
Domain interaction
Strong communication skills
15. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Steering Committee
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefits Realization Planning
16. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure Phase
Program Setup Output
17. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
18. 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
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter
Program
19. Pre-Program Preparations
Domain interaction
Program Charter
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Start
20. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Project
Portfolio Review Board
Domain interaction
21. 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 Charter Approval
Program Information Flow
Governance
Phase-Gate Review
22. 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.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
Pre-program Preparations
Program Closure Phase
23. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Programs end
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Shutdown
24. 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.
Portfolio Review Board
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase Activity
25. Program Setup
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Strong communication skills
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
26. ___________ 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Process Groups
Programs end
27. A program must have more than one to function.
Components
Benefits Management
Program Management
Phase-Gate Reviews
28. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program begins
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Initiation Phase
29. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup Output
Program Life Cycle
Program Closure Phase
30. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Phase-Gate Review
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Programs
Portfolio Review Board
31. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure Phase
Program Manager
Programs
32. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Governance
Any time
Program Shutdown
Program Setup
33. 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 Realization Planning
Program Management
Benefit
Program Closure Phase Activity
34. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Benefits Management
Program Approval Factor
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
35. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Benefits Management
Organizational Process Assets
Phase-Gate Review
Delivery of Program Benefits
36. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase
Program
Program Manager
37. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter
Portfolio Components
Governance
38. 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 begins
Program Management
Program Shutdown
Portfolio Management
39. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Start
Strong communication skills
Programs end
40. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Process assets
Portfolio
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
41. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Strong communication skills
Means of Governance
Program Setup Output
Program Closure Phase Activities
42. Second lifecycle phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Charter
Program Initiation
Program Closure Phase Activities
43. Program Closure
Program Charter
Portfolio Review Board
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases Five of Five
44. 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
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases One of Five
Strong communication skills
Program Setup Phase
45. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program infrastructure
Program Closure
Phase-Gate Review
46. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Charter Approval
Program Charter
Project Management
47. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Program begins
Benefits Management
Program Charter
48. 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
Benefits Management
Portfolio Review Board
Program Management Plan Content
Programs
49. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Project
50. 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 Start
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
Program Charter Contents