A program management team is invited to a company's annual strategy planning session. The CEO discusses the mission and vision of the organization, and how the strategic plan will create…

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Options

• ADefine the program and component projects to enable the fulfillment of strategic goals.
• BSet the priority matrix, and map the projects' priorities that will be included in the program.
• CDefine the program roadmap, and highlight the individual projects' benefits.
• DIdentify program benefits that will enable the fulfillment of strategic goals.

• A
  76% (26)
• B
  9% (3)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  12% (4)

Explanation

The company's vision defines what the organization aspires to become, and strategic goals are the means to realize that vision. The program manager uses the vision to establish a program by defining the program and its component projects in a way that enables fulfillment of those strategic goals (Choice A). This is the broadest and most actionable answer-it ties the program structure directly to organizational strategy. Choice D (identifying program benefits) is a narrower subset of establishing a program and does not address how the program will be structured. Choices B and C focus on tools (priority matrix, roadmap) that come after the program is defined, not the act of establishing it. The PgMP framework emphasizes that programs exist to deliver strategic value, so the correct framing starts with 'define the program to serve strategy.'

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