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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Second lifecycle phase






14. Program Closure






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






20. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






21. 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






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






24. Program Initiation






25. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






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






29. Fourth Phase of benefits management






30. 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






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






32. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






40. 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






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






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






43. First phase of benefits management






44. 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






45. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






46. 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.






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






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






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






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.