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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Fifth lifecycle phase






2. Third lifecycle phase






3. 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.






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Fourth Phase of benefits management






20. Program Initiation






21. 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.






22. Management oversight of a program






23. Pre-Program Preparations






24. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






40. Program Setup






41. 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






42. 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






43. Fourth lifecycle phase






44. 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






45. ___________ 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.






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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