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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






4. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






5. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Program Closure






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






16. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






19. Pre-Program Preparations






20. Delivery of Program Benefits






21. 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






22. First phase of benefits management






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






32. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






35. 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.






36. ___________ 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.






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






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






39. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






40. Third phase of benefits management






41. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Fourth lifecycle phase






47. 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






48. Management oversight of a program






49. 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.






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