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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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






2. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






5. Program Setup






6. 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






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






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






9. Third phase of benefits management






10. 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.






11. Pre-Program Preparations






12. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






13. First lifecycle phase






14. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






16. 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






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






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. Fourth lifecycle phase






20. 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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






28. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






35. Program Closure






36. 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.






37. 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






38. First phase of benefits management






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. Second lifecycle phase






47. Program is ended by ________






48. 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






49. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






50. Program Initiation