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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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.






10. 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






11. Third lifecycle phase






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






21. 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.






22. Third phase of benefits management






23. Second phase of benefits management






24. Program Closure






25. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Purpose is to initiate the component projects and manage the development of the program benefits - which were identified during the initial phases. Ends when the planned benefits of the program are achieved - delivered and accepted or a decision is m






32. 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.






33. First phase of benefits management






34. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






35. Program is ended by ________






36. Program Setup






37. 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.






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






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






40. Second lifecycle phase






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Management oversight of a program






46. Program Initiation






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






48. 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






49. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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.