Company A is launching a new communications satellite system. Resource B was assigned combined projects of design, construction, integration, and launch of the satellite. Resource B's role is that…

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• AProject manager
• BPortfolio manager
• CWork breakdown manager
• DProgram manager

• A
  15% (7)
• B
  4% (2)
• C
  6% (3)
• D
  74% (35)

Explanation

Resource B oversees multiple related projects - design, construction, integration, and launch - that together deliver a single strategic outcome (the satellite system), which is the defining characteristic of a program manager (D). A program manager coordinates interdependent projects to achieve benefits that couldn't be realized by managing each project separately.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Project manager): Manages a single, bounded project - not a collection of related ones.
• B (Portfolio manager): Manages a collection of programs/projects aligned to organizational strategy, often with no direct relationship to each other - think budget prioritization across an entire business unit, not execution of one system.
• C (Work breakdown manager): Not a real PMI role; a WBS is a planning tool, not a job title.

Memory tip: Think "Program = related Projects working together toward one big goal." The satellite system is the clue word - a system is built from multiple coordinated efforts, which signals program, not a single project.

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