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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Program Initiation






3. Second phase of benefits management






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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






14. First phase of benefits management






15. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






16. Program Closure






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






18. Second lifecycle phase






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. Program Setup






31. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






32. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






33. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






34. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






35. Fourth Phase of benefits management






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Management oversight of a program