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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aligning the vision - mission and values - Developing an initial detailed cost and schedule plan - Conducting feasibility studies - where applicable - Establishing rules for make/buy decisions as well as those for selecting subcontractors - Develo






2. Also known as Executive Steering Group may issue a program mandate which defines the strategic objectives and benefits that the program is expected to deliver.






3. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






5. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.






6. Program Closure






7. 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






8. 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






9. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






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






11. 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






12. Program is ended by ________






13. Vision and key objectives for success criteria - Expected outcomes and benefits - Program assumptions and constraints - High-level program plan - Known risks and issues - Identifications of suitable business change managers with the ability to influe






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






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






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






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






18. Oversees the progress of the program and the delivery of the coordinated benefits from its components. Implementation is critical for the success of a program since it is difficult for an individual to manage complex programs.






19. 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






20. Delivery of Program Benefits






21. Third lifecycle phase






22. Infrastructure (existing facilities and equipment) - Existing human resources - personnel administration (staffing/retention policies - etc.) - company work authorization systems - marketplace conditions - - stakeholder risk tolerances - political c






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






24. First lifecycle phase






25. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.






26. Program Setup






27. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






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






29. 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.






30. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.






31. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control






32. 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.






33. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






34. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched






35. First phase of benefits management






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






37. Fourth Phase of benefits management






38. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






39. Management oversight of a program






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






41. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.






42. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






43. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






46. Desired outcomes - Benefits analysis - which identifies and plans for their realization Strategic fit within the organization's long term goals. - Total available resources - Estimated time scale - costs - and effort required to set-up - manage and d






47. Goes from Program to the components during the early phases of initiating and planning - and then from the components to the program during the later phases of planning and in the executing - monitoring and controlling - and closing phases.






48. 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






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






50. Inputs to Initiating and planning.