1- Program & Project Management

Question 1

Benefits realizations

Answer 1

Is the result of strategic planning, process development, and systems development.

Question 2

What is a program

Answer 2

An organization of many large, complex activities. It can be thought as a set of projects that work to fulfill one or more key business objectives or goals.

Question 3

Hierarchy of a program

Answer 3

1- A program manager runs or has oversight over all of the projects in the program.
2- A program may include a set of projects
3- A program helps to organize and coordinates the operation of its projects.

Question 4

Hierarchy of a project

Answer 4

1- A project manager runs a project.
2-A project has a team.
3- A project manager report to a program manager

Question 5

Activities to take place before starting a program

Answer 5

1- Develop a program charter - to define goals, objectives, and scoop
2- Identifying available resources

Question 6

Running a program

Answer 6

1- Monitor project schedules
2-Manage projects budgets
3-Managing resources 
4-Identify and manage conflict
5-Create program status report for senior management

Question 7

Project portfolio

Answer 7

The organization’s entire set of active projects at a given time.

Question 8

Ease access to project and program portfolio..Why?

Answer 8

An organization needs to maintain a collection of information about all of its projects in a central location.

Ease of access to project and program portfolios helps management better understand what activities are taking place and the resources that each is consuming.

Question 9

Business case - Why

Answer 9

It’s developed before any IT project is permitted to begin.
The purpose of a business case is to explain the benefits to the business that will be realized as a result of the project.

Question 10

feasibility study

Answer 10

Defines the business problem and describes a number of potential solution. It follows a development of business case.

Question 11

What are included in the business case document

Answer 11

1- Business problem
2-Feasibility study results
3- High level project plan - Timeline and the number of persons required
4- Budget - Cost to execute the project as well as costs associated with the solution
5-Metrics - how the benefits will be measured
6-Risks -include the risks that may occur and how to mitigate them.

Question 12

What happens after new projects and programs are considered?

Answer 12

business benefits should be estimated and measurements should be taken before and after the project has completed in order to validate whether the project’s predictions were valid.

Question 13

What is a project

Answer 13

A coordinated and managed sequence of tasks that results in the realization of on objective goal.

Question 14

Project team

Answer 14

The people who perform tasks for the project.

Question 15

Matrix

Answer 15

The project manager and project team manager have authority over project team member.

Question 16

Object Breakdown Structure (OBS)

Answer 16

An OBS is a visual or structural representation of the system, or application, in a hierarchical form, from high level to fine detail. It helps management and project team members better visualize the scope and objectives of the project.

Question 17

End-user management

Answer 17

Assign staff to the project team; support the development of business requirements, test cases, test data, and system testing.

Question 18

End users

Answer 18

users Develop business requirements, test cases, use cases, test data, test systems; report test results to the project manager. Participate in acceptance testing and provide accurate, timely results.

Question 19

Project sponsor

Answer 19

Define project objectives, provide budget and other resources, and work with project manager and other management stakeholders to ensure that the project delivers the desired outcomes.

Question 20

Project Planning

Answer 20

Refer to the activities related to the development and management of a project

Question 21

RACI Matrix

Answer 21

Model for establishing responsibilities within projects

Question 22

The four Roles of RACI

Answer 22

Accountable, Responsible, Consulted, Informed

Question 23

First step in the development of a project plan

Answer 23

Identify all of the tasks that must be performed to complete the project.

Question 24

Function Point Analysis (FPA)

Answer 24

A time proven estimation technique for larger software projects.

Question 25

Timebox Management

Answer 25

A period in which a project (or a set of tasks within a project) must be completed

Question 26

Good, Cheap, Fast triangle principle in Project Management

Answer 26

1-If a project is Good and Cheap, it will not be fast.
2- If a project is good and fast, it will not be cheap.
3- If a project is cheap and fast, it will not be good

Question 27

Scrum

Answer 27

Scrum is an iterative and incremental process most commonly used to manage an Agile software development effort.

Question 28

What is a sprint

Answer 28

A focused effort to produce some portion of the total project deliverable. A sprint usually lasts from two to four weeks.

Question 29

Product backlog

Answer 29

This is a list of required features that describes deliverables for the entire project (not just the current sprint). •

Question 30

Sprint backlog

Answer 30

This is a detailed document that describes how the project team will implement requirements for the current sprint. •

Question 31

Burn down chart

Answer 31

This is a document that shows the number of remaining tasks for the current sprint or the count of items on the sprint backlog.