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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. 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.






8. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Third phase of benefits management






15. First phase of benefits management






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






31. Fourth Phase of benefits management






32. 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






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






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 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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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






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






44. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






45. Management oversight of a program






46. 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






47. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






49. 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






50. First lifecycle phase