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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






2. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






4. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






6. Third lifecycle phase






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






8. 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.






9. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






10. Pre-Program Preparations






11. 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






12. 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






13. Program Closure






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






26. 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






27. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






30. Second phase of benefits management






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






32. First phase of benefits management






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






34. Program Setup






35. 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






36. Management oversight of a program






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






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






39. 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






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






41. First lifecycle phase






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. ___________ 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.






48. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






49. 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






50. 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