As a program manager you must also understand the project management lifecycle and the project lifecycle. What is the difference between the two?

A program manager learns that their company's organizational strategy has changed. This change impacts one component project of a program, misaligning it with both the program objectives and the new organizational strategy. This component project, however, is already 90 percent complete.
What should the program manager do next?

Robert is the program manager for his organization which operates in a matrix structure.
Resources in Robert's program will be utilized on several projects in and out of his program. He wants to be certain that all of the resources will be planned accordingly and that the project managers communicate with one another about when the resources will be needed and utilized in the projects. What plan should Robert create along with the project managers to ensure that the resources are scheduled and managed effectively?

A project manager in your program has estimated the cost of a program to be $145,000. As the project manager's project comes close to completion, the project manager realizes that he has still $27,876 left in his project budget. He decides to add some additional features to the project's deliverables in an effort to use the remaining budget. These additions will add value to the project and the project customer is likely to enjoy these new features. This is an example of what term?

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?