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Can you pass the PgMP? (Questions 1 to 10)

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Question 1 – Managing Escalating Risks Your program team is overwhelmed with hundreds of new risks every day and other parts of the program are starting to suffer as a result. What should you do?

Question 2 – The Role of the Governance Board You have created the business case and program charter and are ready to initiate the program. What is the governance board’s primary role at this stage?

Question 3 – Sharing a Sensitive Stakeholder Register Your stakeholder register contains thousands of names along with pay, performance and living arrangements. An executive in another office requests access to it. What should you do?

Question 4 – Which Document Is This? You are presenting to the program governance board with a document that lists planned benefits, their status and key performance indicators. Which document is this?

Question 5 – How Is Program Success Measured? Your large multinational factory program is nearing completion and the last project is handing its deliverables to operations. How should you measure the success of the program?

Question 6 – Transitioning Components to Operations The first two components of your program are ready to transition to operations. What is the correct approval process?

Question 7 – Who Maintains the Change Record? During a stage gate review, two major changes are approved by the program steering committee. Who is responsible for maintaining the record of the proposed change, its rationale and its outcome?

Question 8 – Balancing Short-Term Demand Against Long-Term Benefits Several component projects are requesting schedule acceleration to meet rising public demand, but doing so would reduce funding available for later components and long-term benefits realization. What should you do?

Question 9 – Approved Change Affecting Multiple Components An approved change will affect multiple interdependent component projects in your program. What should you do next?

Question 10 – Capturing Regulatory Obligations Your program is highly regulated and you must ensure all quality requirements and external regulatory obligations are captured early in the program definition phase. Where should these be documented?

Pep Talk

Ten PgMP questions down. Program management thinks differently from project management and these questions show exactly how. If you worked through all ten, you are building the right instincts for the exam. Keep going.

– David McLachlan

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