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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Any time
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefits Transistion
Program Domain
2. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Delivery of Program Benefits
Means of Governance
Programs end
Program Charter Contents
3. 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 Charter
Program
Portfolio Review Board
Initiating and planning
4. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Project Domain
Program Charter Contents
Initiating and planning
5. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Domain
Program Shutdown
Pre-program Preparations
6. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Project Domain
Main Program Phases One of Five
7. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program Charter Contents
Program begins
Program Setup
Benefits Realization Planning
8. Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure Phase Activities
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Manager
9. 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
Program
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
10. Program Initiation
Governance
Program Setup Output
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Domain
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
Programs end
Program Setup
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
12. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio
Portfolio Management
13. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Project Management
Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Identification
14. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Project Domain
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Closure Phase Activity
15. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Approval Factor
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Phase-Gate Review
16. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Steering Committee
Portfolio Management
Benefits Realization Planning
Enterprise environmental factor
17. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
18. A program must have more than one to function.
Steering Committee
Program Initiation
Program Setup Phase Activity
Components
19. 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 Management Plan Content
Phase-Gate Reviews
Any time
20. Program Setup
Pre-program Preparations
Main Program Phases Four of Five
PMO
Main Program Phases Three of Five
21. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Strong communication skills
Relationship among projects within a program
22. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Project Domain
Portfolio Components
Portfolio
Phase-Gate Reviews
23. Second lifecycle phase
Programs
Program Approval Factor
Program Initiation
Program Governance
24. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project
Program Setup Phase
Project Domain
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
25. 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
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Initiation Phase
Benefits Realization Planning
26. Third phase of benefits management
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefit
27. 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 Setup Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Process Groups
Steering Committee
28. 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.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Shutdown
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup Phase
29. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Program
Program Closure Phase Activity
Any time
30. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Enterprise environmental factor
31. 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
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Steering Committee
Program Management
PMO
32. 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
Phase-Gate Review
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
33. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Relationship among projects within a program
Benefits Management
Product Lifecycle
Program
34. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
Portfolio
35. Management oversight of a program
Programs end
Program Setup Phase
Governance
Benefits Analysis and Planning
36. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Governance
Phase-Gate Reviews
Any time
Program
37. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Project Domain
Strong communication skills
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Analysis and Planning
38. 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.
Benefits Management
Means of Governance
Program infrastructure
Phase-Gate Reviews
39. 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.
Steering Committee
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase
Program Domain
40. 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.
Means of Governance
Program Information Flow
Program
Program Benefit Delivery
41. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Project
Organizational Process Assets
42. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup Phase
Project Management
Pre-Program Phase Activity
43. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Pre-Program Preparations
Project
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Phase-Gate Review Approach
44. 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 Phase
Benefits Management
Program Charter Approval
Portfolio
45. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Shutdown
Program Start
Benefits Realization Planning
Pre-Program Preparations
46. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Life Cycle
Program Setup Phase
47. 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.
Phase-Gate Review
Program Management
Benefits Management
Portfolio
48. 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
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Approval Factor
Process Groups
49. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Process Groups
Portfolio
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Phase Activity
50. Fifth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Organizational Process Assets