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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






3. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






5. Management oversight of a program






6. Fourth Phase of benefits management






7. 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






8. 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






9. Program is ended by ________






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Program Closure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Delivery of Program Benefits






25. 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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






31. Third lifecycle phase






32. ___________ 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.






33. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________






34. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






35. Second phase of benefits management






36. 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.






37. Second lifecycle phase






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. Third phase of benefits management






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






45. Program Initiation






46. 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






47. 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.






48. First phase of benefits management






49. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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