You are the program manager for your organization and you're trying to determine if you buy or build a software solution for your organization. If you build the solution it'll cost you $75,000 to create and it'll cost you $12,000 per month to support. If you hire a vendor they can build the solution for $63,000 but their solution will cost you $15,500 per month to support. How many months would you have to use your in- house solution to equate to the cost of the vendor's solution?

Which of the following information gathering techniques is described in the statement below?
"Project risk experts participate in this technique anonymously. A facilitator uses a Questionnaires to solicit ideas about the important project risks. The responses are summarized are then recirculated to the experts for further comment."

You are the program manager for your organization and your team has reported on a new issue among your program stakeholders. You want to address this issue as soon as possible, but it will need to be studied and reviewed. You recommend that Shirley, one of your program team members, study the issue and present a few solutions in a week's time. What else should you do with the issue?

What is the present value of a program that will be worth $3,567,000 if it lasts for six years and the rate of return is five percent?

A new program is comprised of four component projects. The program manager must assign project managers to each of the four projects. There are eight potential project managers to consider.
What should the program manager do before assigning the project managers?