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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






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






3. Program is ended by ________






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






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






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






7. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






10. First phase of benefits management






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






12. 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






13. Pre-Program Preparations






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






15. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.






16. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. First lifecycle phase






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. 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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Fifth lifecycle phase






37. Delivery of Program Benefits






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Program Setup






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






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






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






44. ___________ 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.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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