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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. 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.
Program Management Plan Content
Portfolio Components
Pre-program Preparations
Program
2. 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.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup
Program Management
Program Shutdown
3. 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
Phase-Gate Review
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase Activity
4. 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.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Transistion
Program Information Flow
Main Program Phases One of Five
5. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Process Groups
Program Life Cycle
Program Closure Phase
6. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Phase-Gate Reviews
Benefits Management
7. Management oversight of a program
Portfolio Review Board
Program infrastructure
Governance
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
8. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Pre-program Preparations
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio Components
Program Manager
9. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter Contents
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases One of Five
10. Program Setup
Project
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Three of Five
11. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Charter Contents
Program Manager
12. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Components
Strong communication skills
Program Closure Phase Activity
13. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Analysis and Planning
14. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Manager
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase
Portfolio
15. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Project Management
Delivery of Program Benefits
16. 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
Program Information Flow
Components
Portfolio
Program Life Cycle
17. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Domain interaction
Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Life Cycle
18. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Realization Planning
Organizational Process Assets
Phase-Gate Review Approach
19. Program is ended by ________
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Steering Committee
Phase-Gate Reviews
20. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
21. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Initiation Phase
Program Manager
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Management
22. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Integration Testing
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Programs end
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 Management Plan Content
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase Activity
24. 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
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Setup Output
Program Management Responsibilities
25. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Domain
Phase-Gate Reviews
Programs
Any time
26. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Project Domain
Benefits Transistion
Program Charter Approval
Program Start
27. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Governance
Program Closure Phase Activities
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
PMO
28. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Portfolio Review Board
Process Groups
Project
Program Charter Contents
29. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Benefits Management
Any time
30. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Steering Committee
Portfolio Management
Program Setup Phase
31. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Charter Contents
32. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Start
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Shutdown
Phase-Gate Reviews
33. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Governance
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Governance
Program Charter Contents
34. 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
Components
Pre-program Preparations
Enterprise environmental factor
Phase-Gate Review
35. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Charter
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
36. First phase of benefits management
Program Shutdown
Benefits Identification
Program Charter Contents
Pre-Program Preparations
37. 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 Management Plan Content
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
38. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Domain interaction
Program begins
Project Management
39. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Benefit
Program begins
Program
40. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
Program Charter Approval
41. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Portfolio Components
Program Approval Factor
42. Program Initiation
Project Domain
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Charter Contents
43. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Setup Phase
Program Manager
Program Charter Contents
44. 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 infrastructure
Benefits Transistion
Program Domain
Program Management
45. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Process assets
Integration Testing
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Review Board
46. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Realization Planning
Program
47. 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
Components
Program Setup Phase
Governance
Benefits Realization
48. Program Closure
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase
Pre-program Preparations
Main Program Phases Five of Five
49. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Benefits Management
50. 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
Programs
Benefits Analysis and Planning
PMO
Portfolio Review Board