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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






9. Pre-Program Preparations






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






11. Program Initiation






12. Program Closure






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






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






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






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






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






18. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






20. Third lifecycle phase






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






25. 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






26. ___________ 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.






27. Third phase of benefits management






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






29. Second phase of benefits management






30. Program Setup






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






49. Program is ended by ________






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