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PK0-004 · Question #33

Which of the following defines a group of projects that work together to achieve a common goal?

The correct answer is C. Program. A program is a formal grouping of related projects coordinated together to achieve a common strategic goal that individual projects cannot accomplish alone.

Project management concepts

Question

Which of the following defines a group of projects that work together to achieve a common goal?

Options

  • AProduct
  • BPortfolio
  • CProgram
  • DProject plan

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    87% (26)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

A program is a formal grouping of related projects coordinated together to achieve a common strategic goal that individual projects cannot accomplish alone.

AProduct

A product is a deliverable, artifact, or output produced by a project or organization, not a coordinated grouping of projects.

BPortfolio

A portfolio is a broader collection of projects, programs, and operations grouped to facilitate strategic business objectives, but its components do not necessarily share a single common goal or work together directly.

CProgramCorrect

A program is defined in project management standards as a group of related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. Programs align constituent projects toward a shared organizational objective, with a program manager overseeing interdependencies and governance across all included projects.

DProject plan

A project plan is a document that defines the scope, schedule, budget, and resources for managing a single project, not a grouping of multiple projects.

Concept tested: Program vs portfolio vs project definitions

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

Topics

#program definition#portfolio#project grouping#organizational structure

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