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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. First lifecycle phase






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






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






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






7. Pre-Program Preparations






8. Vision and key objectives for success criteria - Expected outcomes and benefits - Program assumptions and constraints - High-level program plan - Known risks and issues - Identifications of suitable business change managers with the ability to influe






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






10. 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






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






12. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






18. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






21. Third lifecycle phase






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






23. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






24. Delivery of Program Benefits






25. Program Initiation






26. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.






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






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






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






30. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






31. Third phase of benefits management






32. 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






33. First phase of benefits management






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






36. ___________ 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.






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






38. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






43. 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.






44. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






47. Fifth lifecycle phase






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. 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






50. 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.







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