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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Program Setup






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






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






4. Fourth Phase of benefits management






5. 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.






6. 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






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






8. First phase of benefits management






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






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






11. Third lifecycle phase






12. Delivery of Program Benefits






13. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






14. Program is ended by ________






15. 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






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






17. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






19. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.






20. Program Initiation






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






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






23. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






39. First lifecycle phase






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






41. ___________ 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Second phase of benefits management






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






48. 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.






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






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