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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Approval Factor
Domain interaction
Program Charter
2. 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
Project Domain
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
3. ___________ 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.
Programs end
Strong communication skills
Phase-Gate Reviews
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
4. 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
Benefits Realization Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase
5. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Program Charter Approval
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Components
6. 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 Closure
Program Charter Contents
Process Groups
Program Governance
7. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Product Lifecycle
Program Governance
Benefits Transistion
Project
8. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Benefits Management
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio Review Board
9. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Phase-Gate Review
Pre-program Preparations
Project Domain
Integration Testing
10. 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
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Setup Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase Activity
11. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Governance
Program Shutdown
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Approval Factor
12. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Charter Contents
Benefit
13. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Enterprise environmental factor
Phase-Gate Review
Process Groups
Benefits Management
14. 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
Programs end
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Charter Contents
Project
15. 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
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Realization
PMO
Parallel lifecycle to Program
16. Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Management Responsibilities
Main Program Phases Four of Five
17. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Domain interaction
Program Governance
Program Domain
Pre-Program Phase Activity
18. 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.
Steering Committee
Program Closure
Program Setup Phase
Main Program Phases Four of Five
19. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
PMO
Benefits Management
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Charter Contents
20. 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.
Enterprise environmental factor
Project Domain
Program Information Flow
Portfolio
21. 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
Program
Benefits Realization Planning
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Information Flow
22. Program Setup
Program Management Plan Content
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
23. First phase of benefits management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Identification
Benefit
Program Charter Contents
24. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Project
Program Life Cycle
Program Charter Approval
25. 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
Project Management
Process Groups
Project Domain
Program Management Responsibilities
26. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
PMO
27. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
PMO
Benefit
Program Closure
Portfolio Components
28. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Program Governance
Program Setup Output
Program Setup Phase Activity
29. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Management Plan Content
Program Start
Pre-program Preparations
Domain interaction
30. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Relationship among projects within a program
Project Domain
Programs
Main Program Phases Three of Five
31. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefits Realization Planning
Programs
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Program Closure Phase
32. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Management
PMO
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Process Groups
33. 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.
Program
Program infrastructure
Program Charter Contents
Components
34. Delivery of Program Benefits
Governance
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Portfolio Review Board
35. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Benefits Management
Program Charter
Program Closure Phase Activities
Benefits Identification
36. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Portfolio
Program
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
PMO
37. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Program Charter
Strong communication skills
Program Management Plan Content
Program Initiation
38. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Shutdown
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Output
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.
Program Governance
Benefits Realization
Project
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
40. A program must have more than one to function.
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Program Closure
Components
41. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
PMO
Program Charter Contents
Project
Program Closure Phase
42. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Process assets
Components
43. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Means of Governance
Program Management Responsibilities
44. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Charter
Program Closure Phase Activities
Project Management
45. 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
Process Groups
Program Manager
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Pre-Program Phase Activity
46. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Phase
Program Life Cycle
47. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Information Flow
Program Start
48. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Start
Program infrastructure
Program Setup Phase
49. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Closure Phase Activity
Portfolio
50. 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.
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Management
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Process assets