PMI PgMP - Program Management Professional (PgMP)

A company initiates a program to reorganize its sales and production departments. Three production departments are located at the three production plants next to the company’s headquarters. Five regional sales departments are located at different locations around the world.

At this stage of the program, what is the first step?

You are the program manager for the SRQ Program. You have rejected several change requests for the program scope. What must you do with the rejected change requests?

You are program manager for the HYH Program. Your program governance is requiring you to use earned value management to predict how closely your program is tracking to the cost and schedule baselines and to predict overall program performance. Which earned value management formula can you use to predict how much more will need to be invested in the program based on current program performance?

Hans is the program manager for his organization. His current project has seven constituent projects that each will create deliverables for the organization. Who is responsible for the project deliverables in this scenario?

You are the project manager for your organization and are working with the project stakeholders and the business analyst to define all of the deliverables the project is to create. The stakeholders would like the option of adding more deliverables later in the project and keeping the requirements somewhat open for changes. You explain to the business analyst that you need a set of requirements that define exactly what needs to be delivered for the project. What document are you trying to create in this early stage of the project?

A program is in its execution phase when a component project manager suggests a potential change that could increase the financial benefit of the program. The program manager is hesitant to submit a change

request, as it would extend the program schedule and require a scope change. To whom should the change request be presented?

You are the program manager for your organization and are working with your team to create the program scope management plan. This plan defines several things in your program except for which one of the following?

What is the present value of a program that will be worth $3,567,000 if it lasts for six years and the rate of return is five percent?

You are the program manager for your organization. Management has asked you to create a document that will capture the stakeholders concerns, perceived threats, and specific objectives about the program and its

projects. What document is management asking you to create in this instance?

A program is in its last year of execution. The program manager will receive a performance bonus if executive leadership and the program steering committee determine that the program is a success.

How can the program manager justify receiving a performance bonus upon program closure?