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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. ___________ 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.






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Management oversight of a program






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. Program Closure






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. Program Setup






23. First phase of benefits management






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






25. 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






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






27. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






28. Program is ended by ________






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






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






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






32. Second phase of benefits management






33. 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.






34. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. First lifecycle phase






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






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






50. 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.