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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Oversees the progress of the program and the delivery of the coordinated benefits from its components. Implementation is critical for the success of a program since it is difficult for an individual to manage complex programs.






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






8. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. Program Closure






19. Delivery of Program Benefits






20. Third phase of benefits management






21. ___________ 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.






22. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






23. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






24. 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






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






26. Program Initiation






27. The centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objective and benefits. It involves aligning multiple projects to achieve the program goals and allows for optimized or integrated cost - schedule - and effort.






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. Understanding the strategic benefits of the program - Developing a plan to initiate the program - Defining the program objectives and their alignment with the organizational goals - Developing a high level business case demonstrating an understanding






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






38. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






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






42. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






50. Management oversight of a program