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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Fourth lifecycle phase






2. Establishing a project governance structure to monitor and control the projects - Initiating projects in order to meet program objectives - Ensuring component deliverables meet the requirements - Analyzing the progress to plan - Identifying environme






3. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.






4. Justification - vision - strategic fit - outcomes - scope - benefit strategy - assumptions and constraints - components - risks and issues - time scale - resources needed - stakeholder considerations - program governance - and the initial high-level






5. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects






6. Each one functions as a "go" or "no-go" decision point on the program as a whole. Performed to check the program performance against the planned criteria for exit from the phase that has just been completed - and to determine the readiness for procee






7. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements






8. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.






9. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________






10. Defines program management processes - manages schedule and budget at the program level - Defines program quality standards and components - Provides document configuration management - Provides centralized support for managing changes and tracking r






11. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.






12. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






13. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.






14. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.






15. Program is ended by ________






16. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.






17. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.






18. First phase of benefits management






19. Supports program manager and provides information on schedule and budget - performance - risks - inter-component status and issues - stakeholder communications - and all other program management information.






20. Projects related only by a shared client - technology - seller - or resources - A collection of components (i.e. projects - programs - portfolios - and other work such as maintenance and related ongoing operations) that are grouped together to facili






21. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually. Multiple related projects that are initiated during the program's life cycle and are managed in a coordinated fashi






22. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.






23. Purpose is to progressively elaborate the program charter and develop the foundation for the program by establishing an infrastructure and building a detailed "road map" that provides direction on how the program will be managed and defines its key d






24. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.






25. Focuses on the analysis of the available information about organizational and business strategies - internal & external influences - program drivers - and the benefits that involved parties expected to realize.






26. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.






27. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






28. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.






29. ___________ when all compenents within the program have successfully produced their deliverable and have been incorporated into the final product; and that procud has been delivered or tranistioned into operations.






30. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________






31. End result and expectations - Timeline for program benefit realization - Program budget - Risks and issues - Dependencies - assumptions - constraints - Management of the program and components - Other required services - Program






32. Program Closure






33. Third lifecycle phase






34. Program Initiation






35. Identification - monitoring and control of the inter-dependencies between the projects; Dealing with the escalated issues among the projects that compromise the program; and tracking the contribution of each project and the non-project work to the co






36. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.






37. Second phase of benefits management






38. Third phase of benefits management






39. Primary objective is to develop in greater detail how a program can be structured and managed to deliver the desired outcomes that were identified in the program mandate.






40. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.






41. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.






42. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.






43. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






44. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






45. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.






46. First lifecycle phase






47. A program must have more than one to function.






48. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________






49. Review status of benefits with stakeholders - Disband the program organization - Disband the program team - Dismantle the infrastructure and ensure arrangements are in place for appropriate redeployment of all physical resources - Provide customer su






50. Second lifecycle phase