Program Management Professional Program Governance and Strategy Alignment 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Program Steering Committee is typically responsible for:
- Writing individual project plans
- Approving program business cases and resolving escalated issues (Correct answer)
- Assigning resources to component projects
- Conducting daily standups
Correct answer: Approving program business cases and resolving escalated issues
The Program Steering Committee provides executive oversight, approves key decisions like business cases, and resolves issues escalated beyond the program manager's authority.
Question 2: What does 'strategic fit' mean in the context of PgMP program selection?
- The program fits within the project manager's skill set
- The program aligns with and contributes to the organization's strategic goals (Correct answer)
- The program can be completed within one fiscal year
- The program has a favorable cost-benefit ratio only
Correct answer: The program aligns with and contributes to the organization's strategic goals
Strategic fit means the program supports and advances the organization's strategic goals, ensuring resources are invested in work that matters most.
Question 3: In PgMP governance, who is typically accountable for program success at the executive level?
- The project managers of component projects
- The Program Sponsor (Correct answer)
- The PMO Director only
- The customers of the program
Correct answer: The Program Sponsor
The Program Sponsor holds executive accountability for program success, champions the program, and removes organizational obstacles.
Question 4: A program roadmap is best described as:
- A detailed work breakdown structure for all component projects
- A high-level view of the program's timeline, milestones, and key deliverables aligned to strategy (Correct answer)
- A financial forecast document
- A risk register for all identified threats
Correct answer: A high-level view of the program's timeline, milestones, and key deliverables aligned to strategy
A program roadmap provides a high-level strategic view of major milestones, phases, and deliverables across the program's lifecycle.
Question 5: When a component project no longer aligns with program strategy, what is the recommended action?
- Allow the project to continue to avoid sunk cost loss
- Evaluate and potentially close or redirect the component project (Correct answer)
- Transfer the project to a different program without review
- Ignore the misalignment if the project is near completion
Correct answer: Evaluate and potentially close or redirect the component project
Misaligned component projects should be evaluated and potentially closed or redirected to ensure program resources contribute to strategic outcomes.
Question 6: The primary difference between program governance and project governance is:
- Program governance focuses on individual deliverables while project governance focuses on benefits
- Program governance addresses strategic alignment and benefits realization across components; project governance focuses on delivery of specific outputs (Correct answer)
- There is no meaningful difference between the two
- Program governance is less formal than project governance
Correct answer: Program governance addresses strategic alignment and benefits realization across components; project governance focuses on delivery of specific outputs
Program governance operates at a strategic level, overseeing benefits realization and component interdependencies, while project governance focuses on specific deliverable outputs.
Program Management Professional Program Governance and Strategy Alignment 2
The Program Steering Committee is typically responsible for: