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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. ___________ 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.






2. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






10. 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






11. Program is ended by ________






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






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






14. Fifth lifecycle phase






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. Fourth Phase of benefits management






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Third lifecycle phase






20. Program Closure






21. Second lifecycle phase






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






23. 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.






24. End result and expectations - Timeline for program benefit realization - Program budget - Risks and issues - Dependencies - assumptions - constraints - Management of the program and components - Other required services - Program






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






26. First phase of benefits management






27. Pre-Program Preparations






28. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.






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






30. Third phase of benefits management






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






32. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






34. 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






35. Program Setup






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






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






38. Program Initiation






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






40. 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






41. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






42. 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






43. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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