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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.






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






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






4. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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.






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






15. Fourth Phase of benefits management






16. Delivery of Program Benefits






17. Program Initiation






18. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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






24. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






25. 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.






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






27. Fourth lifecycle phase






28. Management oversight of a program






29. First lifecycle phase






30. ___________ 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.






31. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. Second lifecycle phase






40. 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






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






42. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






43. 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.






44. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. First phase of benefits management