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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Governance
Program Management
Program Charter Contents
2. 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
Integration Testing
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
3. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
PMO
4. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Benefit Delivery
Enterprise environmental factor
5. 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
Program Charter Approval
Program Closure
PMO
6. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Life Cycle
Program
Program Start
Programs end
7. Third lifecycle phase
Portfolio
Program Setup
Program Management Plan Content
Parallel lifecycle to Program
8. First lifecycle phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Strong communication skills
Process Groups
Pre-Program Preparations
9. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Portfolio Review Board
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Project Domain
10. 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
Initiating and planning
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
11. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Governance
Program Management Plan Content
Program Charter Contents
12. Third phase of benefits management
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Realization
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio
13. First phase of benefits management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Identification
Program Closure Phase Activities
14. 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
Portfolio
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program
15. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Charter Contents
Program Start
16. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Delivery of Program Benefits
Process assets
Program Management Responsibilities
17. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
18. 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
Portfolio Review Board
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
19. 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 Setup Output
Initiating and planning
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter Approval
20. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio
Program Charter
21. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Realization Planning
Benefits Transistion
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
22. Second lifecycle phase
Governance
Program Initiation
Process assets
Benefits Management
23. 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 Output
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Setup Phase Activity
24. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Charter
Program infrastructure
25. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Benefit
Program Initiation
Product Lifecycle
Enterprise environmental factor
26. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Setup Phase
Program Governance
Initiating and planning
Program Initiation Phase Activity
27. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
PMO
Program Charter Contents
Program Charter
28. 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 Activities
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
Means of Governance
29. ___________ 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 Approval Factor
PMO
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Programs end
30. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program Approval Factor
Program Information Flow
Means of Governance
Program Charter
31. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program
Program Shutdown
Benefits Identification
Enterprise environmental factor
32. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Strong communication skills
Program Benefit Delivery
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
33. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Shutdown
Program Setup Phase
Project
34. 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
Enterprise environmental factor
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
35. 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.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Any time
Program infrastructure
36. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Governance
Benefit
Domain interaction
Program Charter Contents
37. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Governance
Program Shutdown
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Two of Five
38. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Charter Contents
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Management Plan Content
39. 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 Closure Phase
Program Governance
Program Benefit Delivery
Organizational Process Assets
40. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Means of Governance
Pre-Program Preparations
Domain interaction
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
41. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Governance
Programs
Portfolio Components
42. 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
Product Lifecycle
Program Management Plan Content
Program Initiation Phase
43. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Closure
Phase-Gate Reviews
Project
Program Governance
44. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Phase-Gate Review
Relationship among projects within a program
45. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Life Cycle
Program begins
46. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Benefits Transistion
Organizational Process Assets
Program infrastructure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
47. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
PMO
Program Setup Phase Activity
48. A program must have more than one to function.
Program
Project
Components
Program Initiation Phase Activity
49. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Process Groups
Pre-program Preparations
50. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Means of Governance
Program begins
Product Lifecycle