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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






2. Second phase of benefits management






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Program Closure






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






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






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






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






13. Fifth lifecycle phase






14. 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.






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.






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






27. First phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Third phase of benefits management






35. Program Setup






36. 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






37. Third lifecycle phase






38. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






46. 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






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






48. Second lifecycle phase






49. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






50. 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