A program sponsor is concerned about the status of high-priority risks and budget variances. The program manager should refer to which of the following?
A. Program status dashboard
B. Program management plan
C. Program performance report
D. Program management information system (PMIS)
The chief executive officer (CEO) informs the program manager that the delivery date for project A must be compressed by two months to accommodate market needs. Project A relies upon deliverables from projects B and C. Which of the following should the program manager do first?
A. Direct the three project managers to crash their projects, to allow project A the two months of scheduling needed.
B. Review the program resource management plan with the three project managers emphasizing their critical paths and shared critical resources to understand the possibility of accelerating the schedule.
C. Convene the change board to evaluate the cost/benefit of the compression and the impact on the overall program.
D. Engage the executive sponsor and program board to evaluate the CEO's request and determine if the project manager should act on it.
A company wants to perform a preliminary stakeholder analysis to assess a new program's support. What should the program manager develop?
A. Program communications management plan and the stakeholder charter
B. Responsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) matrix, stakeholder list, and escalation process
C. Stakeholder strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis
D. Stakeholder engagement plan, stakeholder register, and stakeholder map
Stakeholders make ad-hoc requests on a routine basis. This causes duplication of reporting and communication gaps that affect the program's performance. To resolve this situation, which of the following must go through critical review and change?
A. Program Benefits Management domain
B. Stakeholder communications requirements
C. Program communications report
D. Program communications management plan
A large program consists of several component projects and six project managers. The program governance board requests that all components within the program undergo user acceptance testing before being released to the production environment.
Where should the program manager document this?
A. Program governance plan
B. Program requirements
C. Component test plan and test cases
D. Program quality management plan
The program manager wants to ensure that a program contributes to shareholder value. The program manager should verify alignment with which of the following?
A. Program charter
B. Organizational structures and policies
C. Organizational strategic objectives
D. Program governance plan
A sponsor decides that the business environment is unfavorable for continuation of a program. The sponsor asks that the program be closed. What items should be completed as part of the program's final report?
A. Lessons learned, successes and failures, and financial and performance assessments
B. Final updates to the benefits register, successes and failures, and resource disposition
C. Financial and performance assessments, successes and failures, and reason(s) for program closure
D. Knowledge transition, successes and failures, and reason(s) for program closure
A regional finance program is impacted by a new currency regulation issued by a country in the region. The new regulation requires changes to the financial statements of that country's branches by the end of the fiscal year. Failing to comply with the regulation may result in fines and/or closure of the branches. A branch general manager immediately meets with the program manager to select and secure a local fiscal expert to support the regulation, as these types of resources are in high demand. There is a high risk that the changes will not be completed on time if the resource is not secured.
What should the program manager do to address the risk?
A. Build a coalition with local companies that can influence the government to renegotiate the imposed deadline.
B. Create fine and closure scenarios to assess the impact on the program and create a contingency plan.
C. Generate a delivery incentive contract with the selected fiscal expert to ensure on-time delivery of the revised financial statements.
D. Assess the risk, incorporate it in the program's risk management plan, and meet with the steering committee.
At the beginning of the second year of a five-year strategic cycle, the program management team attends a checkpoint session to review the state of the company's strategy. During the previous year, the company needed to comply with new government regulations that impacted this strategy.
Based on this information, what should the program manager do?
A. Update the program management, benefits management, and risk management plans, and modify priorities and interdependencies.
B. Meet with stakeholders, and modify the program roadmap to comply with the new regulations and ensure strategic alignment.
C. Obtain stakeholder approval to stop or postpone programs that fail to comply with the new regulations, and modify the program roadmap.
D. Review resource capacity and capability, program priorities, and interdependencies, and create a change request to modify the program roadmap to ensure strategic alignment.
A country is in the process of strengthening its defense program. A key project is not meeting its specified performance objectives. The project manager initiates a change request to address this issue. What should the program manager do NEXT?
A. Consider the option to close out the key project
B. Evaluate the program and re-baseline the objectives
C. Assess the benefits and impact to the program
D. Amend the risk register with the key project changes
Nowadays, the certification exams become more and more important and required by more and more enterprises when applying for a job. But how to prepare for the exam effectively? How to prepare for the exam in a short time with less efforts? How to get a ideal result and how to find the most reliable resources? Here on Vcedump.com, you will find all the answers. Vcedump.com provide not only PMI exam questions, answers and explanations but also complete assistance on your exam preparation and certification application. If you are confused on your PGMP exam preparations and PMI certification application, do not hesitate to visit our Vcedump.com to find your solutions here.