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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Management oversight of a program






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






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






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






5. Program is ended by ________






6. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. First lifecycle phase






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






21. Program Closure






22. 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






23. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






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






28. Program Setup






29. Program Initiation






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






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






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






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






34. Pre-Program Preparations






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






36. Fourth lifecycle phase






37. 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






38. 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.






39. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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