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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Program Setup






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






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






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






13. Fourth Phase of benefits management






14. 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.






15. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Program Closure






25. Program Initiation






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. First phase of benefits management






33. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






36. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






37. 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






38. Second lifecycle phase






39. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






42. Program is ended by ________






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment