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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






2. 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






3. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






5. First phase of benefits management






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






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






8. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






11. ___________ 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.






12. First lifecycle phase






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Management oversight of a program






18. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






20. Understanding the strategic benefits of the program - Developing a plan to initiate the program - Defining the program objectives and their alignment with the organizational goals - Developing a high level business case demonstrating an understanding






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






25. 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






26. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






32. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Second phase of benefits management






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






42. 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






43. Fifth lifecycle phase






44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. Program Initiation






49. 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.






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