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PGMP · Question #22

You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program, which has just been initiated, needs to launch several projects in order to create all of the benefits of the program. What…

The correct answer is A. Project charter. Each individual project within a program must be formally initiated with its own project charter, which authorizes the project and the project manager.

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Question

You are the program manager for your organization. Your current program, which has just been initiated, needs to launch several projects in order to create all of the benefits of the program. What document do you need to create in order to initiate the projects within your program?

Options

  • AProject charter
  • BProgram charter
  • CProgram scope statement
  • DProject preliminary scope statement

How the community answered

(49 responses)
  • A
    92% (45)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    4% (2)

Why each option

Each individual project within a program must be formally initiated with its own project charter, which authorizes the project and the project manager.

AProject charterCorrect

A project charter is the document that formally authorizes a project to exist and grants the project manager authority to apply resources. Even within a program, each component project requires its own charter to be properly initiated per PMI standards. The program charter authorizes the program itself but does not serve as the initiating document for individual projects.

BProgram charter

The program charter already exists since the program has just been initiated - it authorizes the program, not individual projects within it.

CProgram scope statement

The program scope statement defines the boundaries of the program's work and is created during scope planning, not used to initiate individual projects.

DProject preliminary scope statement

The preliminary scope statement is an outdated PMBOK term and is not the correct document for formally initiating projects within a program.

Concept tested: Project initiation within a program using project charters

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

Topics

#Project Charter#Program Life Cycle#Project Initiation#Program Components

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