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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Program Closure






12. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Management oversight of a program






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






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






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






21. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






22. 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.






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






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






25. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






27. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






28. Program Initiation






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






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






31. Fourth Phase of benefits management






32. Second phase of benefits management






33. 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






34. ___________ 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.






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. A program manager has been identified - and the key input into this phase - a program brief or charter defining high-level scope - objectives - visions and constraints has been generated.






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






50. Third lifecycle phase







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