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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
Program Charter Contents
Organizational Process Assets
Pre-program Preparations
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
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup
Pre-Program Phase Activity
3. 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.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Management
Program Initiation Phase
Main Program Phases Two of Five
4. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Program Information Flow
Program Closure Phase
Benefits Realization Planning
5. Fifth lifecycle phase
Process Groups
Program Charter Contents
Program Closure
Portfolio Components
6. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Components
Project Domain
Program Initiation Phase
Program infrastructure
7. 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 Charter Approval
Program Manager
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Initiation Phase
8. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Benefits Realization
Program Domain
Steering Committee
Benefits Management
9. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Portfolio Components
Benefit
10. 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
Integration Testing
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Charter Contents
Any time
11. 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
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Domain interaction
12. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Means of Governance
Program Setup Phase
Process Groups
13. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Phase-Gate Review Approach
14. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Charter Approval
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup Phase Activity
15. First lifecycle phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Product Lifecycle
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure Phase
16. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Strong communication skills
Delivery of Program Benefits
Organizational Process Assets
Program Life Cycle
17. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Program Start
Benefit
Benefits Transistion
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
18. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Charter Contents
Integration Testing
Program Closure Phase Activities
19. Second lifecycle phase
Program Initiation Phase
Program Initiation
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
20. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Domain
Programs end
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Governance
21. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Portfolio
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Setup Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
22. 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.
Portfolio
Program Setup Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
23. 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
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Approval Factor
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases Three of Five
24. 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
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
Benefits Realization Planning
25. 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 Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Steering Committee
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Portfolio
26. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Initiation
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Realization
Program Closure Phase
27. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase
Program Charter
Program Charter Approval
28. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Charter
Project Management
Steering Committee
Any time
29. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Domain interaction
Product Lifecycle
Program Start
30. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Analysis and Planning
31. 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.
Components
Means of Governance
Program Governance
Program Management Plan Content
32. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Process Groups
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program
33. Pre-Program Preparations
Integration Testing
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Management Plan Content
Program Closure
34. Management oversight of a program
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure Phase Activity
Product Lifecycle
Governance
35. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program begins
Project Management
36. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Setup Output
Initiating and planning
37. First phase of benefits management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Process assets
Benefits Identification
Integration Testing
38. A program must have more than one to function.
Organizational Process Assets
Program
Benefits Management
Components
39. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Portfolio
Program Setup Phase Activity
Programs
Domain interaction
40. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Project Domain
Means of Governance
Process assets
41. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Program Setup Output
Portfolio
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Management
42. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Manager
Program Life Cycle
43. 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 Information Flow
Program Management Plan Content
Any time
Main Program Phases Four of Five
44. Second phase of benefits management
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Management Responsibilities
Governance
45. Third lifecycle phase
Program Start
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Setup
Benefit
46. 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.
Strong communication skills
Program Manager
Program Setup Phase
Program Information Flow
47. 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.
Program Shutdown
Process Groups
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Portfolio Review Board
48. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Program Charter Contents
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation
49. Program Closure
Program Management Responsibilities
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Output
Program Setup Phase Activity
50. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Benefits Transistion
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization Planning
Relationship among projects within a program