PGM Program Execution and Oversight 4

Question 1

A program is in the middle of its execution phase when the organization undergoes a strategic realignment.
The program's stated goals no longer align with the new strategy.
What should the program manager do?

Accepted Answer

Conduct a strategic alignment review and present options to the governance board

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Continue execution since the charter was already approved

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Immediately shut down all component projects

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Rewrite the program charter without approval

Question 2

Which of the following is a key output of program performance reporting during execution?

Accepted Answer

Integrated program status reports showing progress toward benefits realization and variance analysis

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Individual team member performance reviews

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Vendor contract amendments

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Updated stakeholder registry

Question 3

A component project finishes early and its team has capacity. How should the program manager use this situation?

Accepted Answer

Assess whether the capacity can accelerate other components or address program-level risks

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Release all resources immediately back to functional managers

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Assign the team to document lessons learned only

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Extend the component project with additional scope

Question 4

What is the PRIMARY purpose of program-level earned value analysis (EVA)?

Accepted Answer

To provide an integrated view of cost and schedule performance across all component projects

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To replace individual project schedule management

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To calculate individual project manager performance bonuses

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To determine which vendors are underperforming

Question 5

A program manager learns that a component project team has developed an innovative solution that could benefit other components. What is the BEST action?

Accepted Answer

Formally capture the solution in the program knowledge repository and communicate it to relevant component teams

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Allow each project to discover solutions independently to avoid interference

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Patent the solution before sharing it

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Have the successful team take over the other components

Question 6

Which oversight activity BEST ensures that program components are integrated at the right time to produce planned benefits?

Accepted Answer

Monitoring integration milestones and dependency completion checkpoints on the program schedule

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Weekly individual project status meetings

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Reviewing each project's Gantt chart independently

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Conducting annual program audits

Question 7

A program manager identifies that the cumulative risk exposure across all component projects exceeds the program's risk reserves. What should they do?

Accepted Answer

Request additional risk reserves from the sponsor or governance board with supporting analysis

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Ignore the exposure since individual project risks are managed separately

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Transfer all risks to component project managers

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Close low-priority risks to reduce exposure on paper