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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. Program Closure






9. ___________ 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.






10. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






13. Second lifecycle phase






14. 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






15. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






17. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






26. 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






27. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. Management oversight of a program






34. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






35. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






36. 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






37. Program Setup






38. 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.






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






40. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.






41. 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






42. Oversees the progress of the program and the delivery of the coordinated benefits from its components. Implementation is critical for the success of a program since it is difficult for an individual to manage complex programs.






43. First phase of benefits management






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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






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






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