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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. First phase of benefits management






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






3. 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.






4. First lifecycle phase






5. 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.






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Pre-Program Preparations






13. 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






14. Program Closure






15. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






38. 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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






43. Delivery of Program Benefits






44. 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






45. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






47. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






48. Second lifecycle phase






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






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