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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. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program Management Responsibilities
Project Management
Portfolio Components
Delivery of Program Benefits
2. Third phase of benefits management
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Closure Phase Activities
Project Domain
Benefits Realization
3. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Program Initiation
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Relationship among projects within a program
Programs end
4. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Program Life Cycle
Domain interaction
Benefits Transistion
Program Setup Phase
5. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Management
Benefits Management
Pre-Program Preparations
Benefits Identification
6. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Benefits Management
Enterprise environmental factor
Program begins
Program Charter
7. Third lifecycle phase
Program Governance
Program Setup
Benefits Realization
Program Closure Phase
8. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Charter Approval
Process assets
Program Closure Phase
Program Start
9. 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 Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Steering Committee
Program Setup Output
10. 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 Management Responsibilities
Phase-Gate Review
Process Groups
Program Setup Phase
11. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Output
Program Domain
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
12. ___________ 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.
Benefits Identification
Programs end
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Initiation
13. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Program Management
Program Setup Phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
14. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
Main Program Phases One of Five
15. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Project
Means of Governance
Program
16. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Closure Phase Activity
Initiating and planning
Programs end
17. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Management
Program
18. 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 Phase Activity
Program Closure
Program Initiation Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
19. 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
Relationship among projects within a program
Governance
Phase-Gate Review
Program
20. Program Closure
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Start
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Five of Five
21. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program
Phase-Gate Review
Product Lifecycle
Program Information Flow
22. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Approval Factor
Program Charter Contents
Program Life Cycle
Program Setup
23. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program
Program Charter Contents
Any time
24. A program manager has been identified - and the key input into this phase - a program brief or charter defining high-level scope - objectives - visions and constraints has been generated.
Program Setup Phase
Program Start
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
25. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Management Plan Content
Program
Program Setup Phase
26. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Setup
Initiating and planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process assets
27. 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
Program Management Plan Content
Program Setup Phase
Means of Governance
Program Management
28. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Charter Contents
Phase-Gate Reviews
Programs
Program Closure Phase Activities
29. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Program Setup
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases Four of Five
30. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Means of Governance
Project Management
Governance
Phase-Gate Reviews
31. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Governance
Portfolio Management
Project Management
Benefits Management
32. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Process Groups
Portfolio Components
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Benefit Delivery
33. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio Components
Benefits Realization Planning
Project Management
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
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Charter Contents
35. 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.
Means of Governance
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Management
36. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Integration Testing
Program Life Cycle
Program Setup Phase Activity
37. Fourth lifecycle phase
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Closure Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
Delivery of Program Benefits
38. A program must have more than one to function.
Program Domain
Program Setup Phase
Components
Program Management Plan Content
39. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Charter Contents
Governance
Program Manager
Program Charter Approval
40. 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 Charter Contents
Portfolio
Program
Program Setup Phase
41. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Domain interaction
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Project
Program Closure Phase
42. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Management
Project Domain
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Pre-Program Preparations
43. 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 Initiation
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Governance
44. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Steering Committee
Integration Testing
Portfolio Management
45. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Program
Integration Testing
Enterprise environmental factor
46. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Benefit Delivery
Programs end
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Five of Five
47. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Process Groups
Portfolio
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
48. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Portfolio Components
Initiating and planning
Domain interaction
Programs
49. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Any time
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Setup
50. 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
Strong communication skills
Portfolio Components
Program Charter Contents