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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. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Manager
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Transistion
2. 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 Charter Approval
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefit
Phase-Gate Review Approach
3. First lifecycle phase
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Pre-Program Preparations
Process Groups
Program Charter Contents
4. 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.
Program Domain
Program Management
Portfolio
Program Charter Contents
5. 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
Program Shutdown
Program infrastructure
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio
6. 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.
Benefits Realization
Pre-program Preparations
Portfolio Components
Program Governance
7. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Life Cycle
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
PMO
8. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Portfolio Review Board
Program Management Responsibilities
Portfolio
9. 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
Benefits Realization
Benefits Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program
10. 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 Closure Phase Activity
Program Charter
Program Life Cycle
Project
11. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Charter Approval
Integration Testing
Governance
Phase-Gate Review Approach
12. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Means of Governance
Process assets
Domain interaction
Steering Committee
13. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Shutdown
Product Lifecycle
Initiating and planning
Program Charter
14. Second phase of benefits management
Portfolio Components
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Benefit Delivery
Parallel lifecycle to Program
15. 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
Process assets
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Identification
Program Benefit Delivery
16. 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.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Management
Program infrastructure
Pre-program Preparations
17. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program infrastructure
18. Program Initiation
Portfolio Components
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
19. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Charter Contents
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Domain
Program infrastructure
20. Third lifecycle phase
Integration Testing
Program Setup
Benefits Realization Planning
Program
21. Program Setup
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program
Program Initiation
Benefits Realization Planning
22. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Project
Program
PMO
Program begins
23. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Benefits Management
Benefit
Program Governance
Program begins
24. Fourth lifecycle phase
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Management Responsibilities
Delivery of Program Benefits
Initiating and planning
25. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Program Life Cycle
Program Shutdown
26. 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
Benefits Transistion
Program Start
Program begins
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
27. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Program Setup Phase
Project Domain
Program Governance
Program Charter
28. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Program Setup Phase
Strong communication skills
Program Charter
Benefits Management
29. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Program Charter Contents
Programs
Steering Committee
30. 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 Manager
Program Charter
Governance
31. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Charter Contents
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Management
Program Domain
32. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program
Program Setup Phase
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Components
33. 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
Product Lifecycle
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Charter Contents
Program Governance
34. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Realization Planning
Portfolio Components
Program Closure
35. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Shutdown
Benefits Realization Planning
36. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Program Setup Phase
Phase-Gate Reviews
Means of Governance
Phase-Gate Review
37. Third phase of benefits management
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Realization
Portfolio Management
38. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Program Setup Output
Project Management
Process assets
Programs end
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.
Programs end
Program Shutdown
Program Initiation Phase
Program Charter
40. A program must have more than one to function.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Governance
Portfolio Management
Components
41. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Realization Planning
Benefits Identification
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
42. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Identification
Process assets
Program Closure Phase Activities
43. Infrastructure (existing facilities and equipment) - Existing human resources - personnel administration (staffing/retention policies - etc.) - company work authorization systems - marketplace conditions - - stakeholder risk tolerances - political c
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Benefit Delivery
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Initiation
44. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Domain interaction
Program Closure Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program infrastructure
45. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Project Domain
Organizational Process Assets
Program Closure Phase Activities
46. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
Program begins
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
47. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Pre-Program Preparations
Any time
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Initiation Phase Activity
48. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Program begins
Strong communication skills
Program Closure Phase Activities
49. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Domain
Program Setup
Portfolio Management
50. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Program Manager
Program Initiation
Program