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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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






2. Program Initiation






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. Second phase of benefits management






9. Program Closure






10. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






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






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. 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






17. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. Fifth lifecycle phase






23. Pre-Program Preparations






24. 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






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






26. 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.






27. First lifecycle phase






28. Program is ended by ________






29. Program Setup






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






31. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






40. 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






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.






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






43. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






44. 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






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






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






47. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






48. 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






49. 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






50. First phase of benefits management






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