You are the program manager of the MQQ Program. Your program will use equipment and materials that are new to your industry. You have some concerns that there will be delays and waste by your program team because they've not worked with these materials or tools before. You elect to send the resources that will work the most with these tools through training. The cost of the training in this instance is known as which one of the following?
You are identifying stakeholders for your program to create new software for your organization. The software will affect the ordering by the customer, the manufacturing of the product, inventory, and account management. Sarah, a key stakeholder in your program, is skeptical of one application affecting so many parts of the organization. She prefers that several applications be created instead of the approach your program will take. In stakeholder identification how would you categorize Sarah?
Harriet is the program manager of a large program that has a high profile and visibility in her organization. Some of the stakeholders are negative and Harriet needs to work with these stakeholders to address their fears, perceived threats, and concerns about the program. Which communication method is considered to be the best approach for this scenario?
You are the program manager for your organization and your team has reported on a new issue among your program stakeholders. You want to address this issue as soon as possible, but it will need to be studied and reviewed. You recommend that Shirley, one of your program team members, study the issue and present a few solutions in a week's time. What else should you do with the issue?
The program manager wants to ensure that a program contributes to shareholder value.
The program manager should verify alignment with which of the following?
Several issues are identified on one component project in a program. During a meeting with that component’s project manager, the program manager offers several suggested resolutions. Two weeks later, they meet again to review progress. The project manager had reviewed the issues and suggested resolutions, but delayed a decision. This two-week delay in taking action caused delays in the project schedule.
What should the program manager do?
What is the formula to determine earned value (EV) for a program?
A component project of a multiyear program delivers all expected products and services as anticipated. The component project manager obtains approvals from the stakeholders and transitions the benefits to operations.
What should the program manager do next?
You are a program manager for an environmental program. The program involves installation of windmill across the country. During execution of the project, a stakeholder raises a change request to add an additional module with the existing installation. The program governance board has approved the change request. Which of the following is true regarding this scenario?
Throughout a multiyear program, component projects are transitioned to the customer. During the project acceptance phase, a potential risk is identified and brought to the program team's attention.
What should be done with the identified potential risk?
