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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Third phase of benefits management






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. First phase of benefits management






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






23. 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






24. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






27. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






30. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






31. Management oversight of a program






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






33. 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






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






35. First lifecycle phase






36. 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.






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






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






39. Program Setup






40. Second phase of benefits management






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






43. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






44. Program Initiation






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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