A program manager has four projects pending approval. Senior management asks the program manager to identify a project for potential elimination based on the return on investment. The program manager has the following information to guide and support the decision:
Which project should the program manager select to be cancelled?
The new performance financial system is delivered to all business entities on time following a one-year
implementation program. After six months of utilization the global finance department, one of the main beneficiaries of the program, determines that quality and level of granularity of the financial data is not sufficient for them to analyze the key performance indicators (KPIs) defined. Additionally, the global finance department is missing the analytical tools required to understand the causes of discrepancies.
To address these shortcomings, the global finance department submits a request for a follow-up initiative through the process defined by which of the following documents?
The project managers for component projects A and B schedule the same resource to perform tasks during the same timeframe, resulting in an over-allocation. The program manager reviews the program resource management plan, determines that project A can wait until the resource becomes available, and assigns the resource to project B.
This is an example of which of the following?
A program manager for an electronic gaming manufacturer is managing a new virtual reality program. An international trade agreement in the final stages of renegotiation will reduce supply-chain costs and delivery intervals. A materials supplier informs the program manager that when this agreement is finalized, it will shorten the product’s delivery time.
What should the program manager update first?
What quality control chart compares two or more variables over time to determine how closely the variables may be related to one another?
Which of the following documents sets the project objectives?
Gina is the program manager for her organization and is reviewing the results of quality control. She would like to create a chart that shows the categories of defects within the program so that she and the program team can address the largest categories in descending order. Which one of the following is the best chart for Gina in this situation?
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?
A multiyear program is ready to conclude. It has achieved all business objectives and is delivering its intended benefits. However, the program sponsor is not willing to sign the formal program closure acceptance document and the program continues to incur operational costs.
What should the program manager do next?
You are the program manager of the NHQ Program for your organization. Your program has 14 constituent projects that are all creating benefits and deliverables for your program. You have recently terminated the GHW Project in your program because you've made trade-offs with other program projects and the deliverables of the GHW Project are no longer affordable. What project management activity should happen in the GHW Project?
