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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Closure






2. Management oversight of a program






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






7. Third phase of benefits management






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






13. Second phase of benefits management






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. First phase of benefits management






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






19. Fourth Phase of benefits management






20. Program Setup






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






22. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






24. 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






25. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






27. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






29. Program Initiation






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






31. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. Second lifecycle phase






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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