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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






5. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Program Setup






11. 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






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






14. Second lifecycle phase






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Program is ended by ________






20. First phase of benefits management






21. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






23. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






25. 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.






26. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






27. Second phase of benefits management






28. Program Closure






29. Pre-Program Preparations






30. 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






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






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






33. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






35. Review status of benefits with stakeholders - Disband the program organization - Disband the program team - Dismantle the infrastructure and ensure arrangements are in place for appropriate redeployment of all physical resources - Provide customer su






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






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






38. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.






39. 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.






40. Delivery of Program Benefits






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Program Initiation