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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. First lifecycle phase






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






7. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






10. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






11. 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






12. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.






13. Third lifecycle phase






14. 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






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






16. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.






23. 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






24. Program Setup






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






30. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






31. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






32. 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






33. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






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






37. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






38. Pre-Program Preparations






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






50. Inputs to Initiating and planning.