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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






2. Second phase of benefits management






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






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






11. Program is ended by ________






12. 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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. First lifecycle phase






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. Program Setup






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






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






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






24. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Fifth lifecycle phase






34. 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.






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






36. Program Initiation






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






38. First phase of benefits management






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






40. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






41. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






43. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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