PGMP · Question #245
You are a program manager of a program. You are required to compile performance data of your program. These data will be sent to relevant stakeholders. You are reviewing the status reports of all proj
The correct answer is C. Report Program Performance. Reviewing project status reports covering cost, schedule, scope, and risk data and preparing that information for stakeholder distribution is the Report Program Performance process.
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You are a program manager of a program. You are required to compile performance data of your program. These data will be sent to relevant stakeholders. You are reviewing the status reports of all projects including the costs, schedule, scope, risks, and other performance datA. In which of the following processes are you working on?
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- APlan Communication
- BDistribute Information
- CReport Program Performance
- DMonitor and Control Program Performance
How the community answered
(36 responses)- A8% (3)
- B6% (2)
- C72% (26)
- D14% (5)
Why each option
Reviewing project status reports covering cost, schedule, scope, and risk data and preparing that information for stakeholder distribution is the Report Program Performance process.
Plan Communication is a planning process that establishes how and when communications will occur, not a process for actively reviewing or compiling performance data.
Distribute Information is the act of making information available to stakeholders and is a separate downstream process from compiling and formatting that performance information.
The Report Program Performance process involves collecting, analyzing, and summarizing performance data from constituent projects and the program itself, then packaging it into status reports and forecasts for relevant stakeholders. Reviewing all project status data across cost, schedule, scope, and risk and compiling it for distribution is precisely what this process produces.
Monitor and Control Program Performance focuses on tracking execution against baselines and taking corrective action, whereas this scenario describes the reporting output of that monitoring activity.
Concept tested: Report Program Performance process in program communications management
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/standard-for-program-management
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