PGM Program Execution and Oversight 2

Question 1

A program manager discovers that two component projects share a critical resource, creating a scheduling conflict. What is the BEST first action?

Accepted Answer

Analyze the dependency and negotiate a resource-sharing agreement between project managers

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Escalate to the sponsor immediately

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Cancel the lower-priority project

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Request additional budget to hire duplicate resources

Question 2

Which metric BEST indicates whether a program is delivering expected business value during execution?

Accepted Answer

Benefits realization rate against the benefits register

Answer

Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

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Number of change requests approved

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Team velocity across component projects

Question 3

A program manager receives a change request that exceeds the program-level threshold. What is the correct action?

Accepted Answer

Submit it to the Program Governance Board for decision

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Approve it if the budget allows

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Reject it to protect scope

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Defer it until the next phase

Question 4

During program execution, a component project manager reports that a risk has materialized into an issue. What should the program manager do FIRST?

Accepted Answer

Update the program risk register and assess cross-project impact

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Close the risk and open a new issue log entry only in that project

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Immediately notify all stakeholders of the problem

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Reallocate program reserves to the affected project

Question 5

A program has six component projects. Three are on schedule, two are behind, and one is ahead. How should the program manager present status to the sponsor?

Accepted Answer

Provide an integrated program-level status showing overall health and individual project variances

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Report only the two behind-schedule projects as exceptions

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Average the performance across all projects into one metric

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Report that the program is on track since the majority of projects are meeting targets

Question 6

What distinguishes program-level change control from project-level change control?

Accepted Answer

Program change control focuses on impacts to strategic benefits and cross-project dependencies

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Programs do not require formal change control processes

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Project change control considers a broader set of stakeholders than program change control

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Program change control only applies to budget changes

Question 7

A program manager notices that component project teams are duplicating work on similar technical problems. What governance mechanism addresses this BEST?

Accepted Answer

Establishing a program-level knowledge management and lessons learned repository

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Mandating weekly cross-project status meetings

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Requiring all technical decisions to go through the PMO

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Assigning one project manager to oversee all technical work