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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






18. Second lifecycle phase






19. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






22. Delivery of Program Benefits






23. Program is ended by ________






24. ___________ 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.






25. 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






26. Program Setup






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






33. 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.






34. Program Closure






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Fourth lifecycle phase






40. First lifecycle phase






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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. 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