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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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1. 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.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Governance
Portfolio Review Board
Main Program Phases Three of Five
2. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Project
Benefits Management
Program
PMO
3. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
4. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program begins
Project
Main Program Phases Two of Five
5. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Benefits Realization
Means of Governance
Integration Testing
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
6. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Programs end
Program Management
Program begins
Phase-Gate Reviews
7. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Setup
Portfolio Management
Benefits Management
8. First phase of benefits management
Program Closure
Benefits Identification
Program Initiation
Portfolio
9. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program Management
Program Approval Factor
PMO
Program Life Cycle
10. 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.
Portfolio Components
Process assets
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Program Setup Phase
11. 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.
Program Manager
Program Initiation Phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
12. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Programs
Project Domain
Process assets
Main Program Phases Two of Five
13. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Program
Domain interaction
Any time
14. 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
Program Approval Factor
Benefits Realization
Initiating and planning
PMO
15. 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
Program
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Five of Five
16. Delivery of Program Benefits
Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
17. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Organizational Process Assets
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Management Plan Content
18. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Strong communication skills
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Charter Contents
Project Management
19. Third lifecycle phase
Program Charter Contents
Program Initiation Phase
Program Setup
Program Governance
20. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Charter Contents
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Setup Phase
Program Setup Output
21. Second lifecycle phase
Benefit
Program Initiation
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Output
22. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Program Start
Organizational Process Assets
Benefit
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
23. 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
Project Management
Program
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Phase-Gate Review
24. 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.
Program Management
Program Approval Factor
Program infrastructure
Program Setup Output
25. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Benefits Transistion
Pre-program Preparations
Any time
Components
26. 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
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Project Domain
27. First lifecycle phase
Program Charter Contents
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Setup Phase
28. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Closure
Phase-Gate Reviews
Portfolio Components
Program Closure Phase Activity
29. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Shutdown
Steering Committee
30. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Program Charter Approval
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Manager
31. 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
Components
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Charter Approval
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
32. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Shutdown
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
33. Fourth lifecycle phase
Process assets
Program Governance
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
34. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program Benefit Delivery
Project Management
Phase-Gate Reviews
Steering Committee
35. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Setup
Product Lifecycle
Pre-Program Preparations
Relationship among projects within a program
36. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Organizational Process Assets
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
37. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Benefit
Program Closure
Portfolio Management
Program
38. 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
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Realization Planning
Pre-program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase
39. 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
Benefit
Program Management Responsibilities
PMO
Program Setup Phase
40. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Product Lifecycle
Means of Governance
Benefits Identification
Strong communication skills
41. 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
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Initiation Phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Management Plan Content
42. 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
Program Shutdown
Portfolio Components
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
43. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Portfolio Components
Domain interaction
Program begins
Program Initiation Phase Activity
44. Second phase of benefits management
Project Domain
Benefits Identification
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Phase-Gate Reviews
45. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Charter Approval
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Life Cycle
Program Setup Output
46. 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
Relationship among projects within a program
Pre-program Preparations
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program
47. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Setup
Product Lifecycle
Governance
Program Shutdown
48. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Initiating and planning
Program Benefit Delivery
Portfolio Review Board
49. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Closure Phase
Program
Benefits Management
Initiating and planning
50. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Product Lifecycle
Program Closure Phase
Program Management
Program Manager