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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






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






4. 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






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






6. First lifecycle phase






7. Third lifecycle phase






8. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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






13. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






15. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Management oversight of a program






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






21. Delivery of Program Benefits






22. 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.






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






31. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






34. Projects related only by a shared client - technology - seller - or resources - A collection of components (i.e. projects - programs - portfolios - and other work such as maintenance and related ongoing operations) that are grouped together to facili






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






36. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Program Initiation






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






49. Program is ended by ________






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