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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






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






8. Fourth lifecycle phase






9. Second lifecycle phase






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






21. Program is ended by ________






22. 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






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






24. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






25. Management oversight of a program






26. Third phase of benefits management






27. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.






28. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






29. Second phase of benefits management






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






37. Third lifecycle phase






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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.






41. First phase of benefits management






42. ___________ 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.






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






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






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






46. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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