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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Delivery of Program Benefits






9. Third lifecycle phase






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






11. 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.






12. Second lifecycle phase






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.






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






19. 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






20. Understanding the strategic benefits of the program - Developing a plan to initiate the program - Defining the program objectives and their alignment with the organizational goals - Developing a high level business case demonstrating an understanding






21. Program Initiation






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. First lifecycle phase






26. Program is ended by ________






27. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






29. Fourth Phase of benefits management






30. 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






31. A program manager has been identified - and the key input into this phase - a program brief or charter defining high-level scope - objectives - visions and constraints has been generated.






32. 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.






33. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






36. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






38. 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






39. Program Closure






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






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






42. First phase of benefits management






43. Management oversight of a program






44. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.






50. ___________ 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.