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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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1. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Setup Phase
Program Shutdown
Project Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
2. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Organizational Process Assets
Program Charter Approval
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Setup
3. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Portfolio
Steering Committee
Pre-program Preparations
4. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Project
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Management
5. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Closure
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Setup Phase Activity
6. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Project Domain
Program Setup Phase Activity
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Main Program Phases One of Five
7. 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
Portfolio
Domain interaction
Enterprise environmental factor
PMO
8. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Benefits Transistion
Project Domain
Main Program Phases One of Five
9. Third phase of benefits management
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Realization
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Integration Testing
10. Delivery of Program Benefits
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio Components
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Means of Governance
11. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Start
Initiating and planning
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase Activities
12. Second phase of benefits management
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio Review Board
13. 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
Program
Portfolio
Program Setup
Benefits Management
14. First lifecycle phase
Phase-Gate Review
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-Program Preparations
Project
15. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Components
Benefit
16. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Program Closure Phase
Project Domain
Programs
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
17. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Governance
Program Charter Approval
Benefits Management
Program Closure Phase
18. 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
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Any time
Parallel lifecycle to Program
19. First phase of benefits management
Governance
Benefits Identification
Portfolio Components
Benefits Analysis and Planning
20. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Any time
Steering Committee
Means of Governance
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
21. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Setup Phase
Program Management
Process Groups
Program Start
22. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Components
23. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Project Domain
Program Life Cycle
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Initiation Phase Activity
24. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Strong communication skills
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Management
25. 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
Program Setup Phase
Benefit
Program Information Flow
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
26. 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.
Program Charter
Program Management
Program Charter Contents
Program Charter Approval
27. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Initiation
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
28. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Benefit
Portfolio
29. Program Setup
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Initiating and planning
Program Start
30. 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.
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Governance
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program
31. 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.
Program Initiation Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Pre-Program Preparations
32. A program must have more than one to function.
Portfolio
Components
Means of Governance
Delivery of Program Benefits
33. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Closure
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Start
34. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.
Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Initiating and planning
Program Setup Output
35. 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
Benefit
Phase-Gate Review
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Shutdown
36. 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
Portfolio
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Programs end
PMO
37. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Integration Testing
Program Management Responsibilities
Programs end
Phase-Gate Reviews
38. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Portfolio Review Board
Benefits Realization
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
39. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Governance
Enterprise environmental factor
Means of Governance
40. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Governance
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Life Cycle
41. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Portfolio Management
Strong communication skills
Program Information Flow
Program Management
42. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase Activities
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Benefit Delivery
43. 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
Program Approval Factor
Project Management
Components
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
44. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Benefits Realization
Portfolio Review Board
Programs
Program Setup Phase
45. Third lifecycle phase
Program Setup
Program Information Flow
Steering Committee
Process Groups
46. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Delivery of Program Benefits
Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases Two of Five
47. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefit
Organizational Process Assets
Benefits Transistion
48. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Governance
Process Groups
Process assets
Program Setup Phase Activity
49. Fifth lifecycle phase
Organizational Process Assets
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Closure
50. Second lifecycle phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Initiation
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review Approach