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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.






2. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






3. Management oversight of a program






4. 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






5. 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






6. First phase of benefits management






7. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






8. 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.






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






10. Purpose is to initiate the component projects and manage the development of the program benefits - which were identified during the initial phases. Ends when the planned benefits of the program are achieved - delivered and accepted or a decision is m






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. ___________ 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.






23. Program is ended by ________






24. 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.






25. The centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objective and benefits. It involves aligning multiple projects to achieve the program goals and allows for optimized or integrated cost - schedule - and effort.






26. Fifth lifecycle phase






27. Delivery of Program Benefits






28. Program Closure






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






30. First lifecycle phase






31. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Program Setup






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






38. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






40. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.






41. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






42. Fourth Phase of benefits management






43. Pre-Program Preparations






44. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






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






46. Third lifecycle phase






47. 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






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






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






50. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally