PGMP · Question #141
Hans is the program manager for his organization. His current project has seven constituent projects that each will create deliverables for the organization. Who is responsible for the project deliver
The correct answer is A. Project managers. In program management, individual project managers own responsibility for delivering the outputs of their respective projects, while the program manager focuses on benefits realization and strategic alignment across the program.
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Hans is the program manager for his organization. His current project has seven constituent projects that each will create deliverables for the organization. Who is responsible for the project deliverables in this scenario?
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- AProject managers
- BHans
- CProgram director
- DHans and each project manager
How the community answered
(30 responses)- A93% (28)
- C3% (1)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
In program management, individual project managers own responsibility for delivering the outputs of their respective projects, while the program manager focuses on benefits realization and strategic alignment across the program.
Project managers are directly accountable for the deliverables of their individual constituent projects. Hans, as program manager, manages interdependencies and program-level benefits rather than owning the day-to-day project deliverables of each of the seven projects.
Hans as program manager oversees strategic alignment and benefits realization across the program, not the individual project-level deliverables.
A program director operates at a higher governance level above the program manager and is not responsible for individual project deliverables.
Responsibility for project deliverables is not shared between the program manager and project managers - it belongs solely to the respective project managers.
Concept tested: Program manager vs. project manager deliverable responsibility
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/program-management
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