PGMP · Question #18
You are the program manager for your organization. You have created a program that will create things for the organization throughout the program not only at program closure. All of the following are
The correct answer is C. Program personnel. Benefits, risk management outcomes, and team development outputs can be transitioned to the organization throughout a program, but program personnel cannot be transferred as they are resources, not deliverables.
Question
You are the program manager for your organization. You have created a program that will create things for the organization throughout the program not only at program closure. All of the following are elements that you may transfer to the organization throughout the program's life cycle except for which one?
Options
- ABenefits
- BRisk management outcomes
- CProgram personnel
- DOutputs from team development
How the community answered
(55 responses)- A4% (2)
- C95% (52)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Benefits, risk management outcomes, and team development outputs can be transitioned to the organization throughout a program, but program personnel cannot be transferred as they are resources, not deliverables.
Benefits are the primary purpose of a program and are explicitly planned for incremental transition to operations throughout the program lifecycle.
Risk management outcomes - such as residual risk documentation and mitigation procedures - are transferred to operations so they can manage ongoing risks after program closure.
Program personnel are human resources assigned to execute program work; they are not benefits, outputs, or deliverables that can be formally transferred to the organization as part of benefits delivery. The organization already employs these individuals, so transferring them is not a meaningful benefits-transition activity in program management.
Outputs from team development, such as trained staff capabilities, improved processes, and documented procedures, can be transferred to the organization as tangible benefits.
Concept tested: Program benefits transition and transferable outputs
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/framework/standard-for-program-management
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