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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. 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.
Product Lifecycle
Program Information Flow
Program Management
Program Setup Phase
2. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program infrastructure
Program Charter
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio
3. 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.
Any time
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio Review Board
Program Setup Phase
4. A program must have more than one to function.
Benefits Management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Components
Main Program Phases Four of Five
5. 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 Closure Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio Review Board
6. ___________ 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.
Governance
Programs end
Program
Portfolio
7. 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 Preparations
Portfolio Management
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio Review Board
8. Program Initiation
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program infrastructure
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Enterprise environmental factor
9. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Main Program Phases Four of Five
PMO
Program Management Responsibilities
10. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Project
Domain interaction
Program
Programs
11. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Parallel lifecycle to Program
12. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Organizational Process Assets
Project
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Analysis and Planning
13. Fifth lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Closure
Organizational Process Assets
14. Program is ended by ________
Program Manager
Program Setup Phase Activity
Steering Committee
Any time
15. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program
Program Charter
Means of Governance
Benefit
16. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Charter Approval
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Closure Phase Activities
17. 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 Charter Contents
Benefits Identification
Program infrastructure
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
18. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Product Lifecycle
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio
Process Groups
19. 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
Portfolio
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase
Components
20. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Pre-Program Preparations
Strong communication skills
Main Program Phases Three of Five
21. 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 Setup Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Programs end
22. 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 Start
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Governance
Program Management Responsibilities
23. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup Phase
Program Management Plan Content
Portfolio
Process assets
24. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Phase-Gate Review
Enterprise environmental factor
Benefits Transistion
25. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Steering Committee
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Transistion
Program Domain
26. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program infrastructure
27. Program Setup
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Relationship among projects within a program
28. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Closure
Initiating and planning
29. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Realization
30. Fourth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Any time
Program Charter
Relationship among projects within a program
31. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Charter Approval
Benefit
Parallel lifecycle to Program
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
Portfolio Components
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation
33. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Benefits Realization
Program Life Cycle
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Delivery of Program Benefits
34. 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 Information Flow
Project
Program Closure Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Two of Five
35. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Portfolio Management
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
36. 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 Charter Contents
Program Approval Factor
Program Shutdown
Program Management Responsibilities
37. 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
Benefits Management
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
38. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Management
39. Third phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
40. Pre-Program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
Pre-program Preparations
Enterprise environmental factor
41. Management oversight of a program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Governance
Benefits Realization
Program Charter Approval
42. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Setup Phase
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Information Flow
Benefits Identification
43. 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 Start
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
44. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio Components
Program
Program Closure Phase
45. 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 Phase
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup
Programs end
46. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Shutdown
Program Closure Phase Activities
Means of Governance
Phase-Gate Review
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
Program Governance
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Review
48. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Programs
Phase-Gate Review
Program Benefit Delivery
49. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Program Charter
Process assets
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Domain
50. 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.
Steering Committee
Portfolio
Program Information Flow
Portfolio Components