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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.






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






3. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. Management oversight of a program






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Program Setup






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






20. 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.






21. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






24. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






25. 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






26. First phase of benefits management






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Fourth Phase of benefits management






33. Program Closure






34. 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.






35. Delivery of Program Benefits






36. ___________ 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.






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. Second phase of benefits management






49. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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