After taking over a program, a program manager reviews the program’s status and discovers that stakeholders do not know how the program is performing in relation to schedule and costs. The program manager establishes earned value (EV) metrics and determines that the program has a budget of US$2.1 million, is three months into a nine-month timeline, and the planned value (PV) at the three-month point should be US$320,000. The program has spent US$350,000 and the EV is US$340,000.

Based on this information, the program manager determines which of the following?

Program A is dependent upon program B to complete benefits sustainment for two benefits. Program A is on track to meet program benefits. However, program B’s program manager has just advised that program B has been closed.

What should program A’s program manager update and review first with the stakeholders?

An organization must accelerate a product to market. The program manager completes the preliminary program steps and holds a kick-off meeting. Project managers submit their preliminary schedules for review.

What should the program manager do next?

You are the program manager for your organization. You are examining the order of the activities in your program schedule and would like to change some of the ordering to alleviate scheduling conflicts, risks, and based on your experience with the discipline the program uses. Some of the activities you can rearrange while some of the activities must be completed in a particular order. What term describes the activities that can happen in any order?

Program management has several themes that the program manager must be aware of. Which one of the following is not a program management theme?

Kelly ' s program is slipping on its schedule. Management is worried that the program will be late and this will cost the organization several thousand dollars in fines and penalties. They ' ve asked Kelly to use a schedule duration compression technique that will help the program finish on time. The technique that Kelly can use, however, should not add costs to the program. What duration compression technique should Kelly use in this instance?

You are the program manager for your program and are creating a communications management plan. Management wants you to address the type of communications based on the number of communication channels you ' ll have within the program. Currently there are 345 stakeholders in your program but next week you ' ll have 387 stakeholders. How many more communication channels will you have next week in your program?

Which of the following terms is used for a schedule compression technique where two activities that were previously scheduled to start sequentially start at the same time?

You are the program manager of the HNG Program. This program has a budget at completion of $2,345,900 and is expected to last two years. The program is currently 30 percent complete and you have spent

$789,000. The program is supposed to be 35 percent complete but do to some delays you ' re slightly behind schedule. Based on this information, what is the schedule variance (SV) of this program?

What would prevent a program manager from completing program closure once a program has been completed?