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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






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. Delivery of Program Benefits






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Management oversight of a program






12. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. ___________ 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.






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.






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






22. Program Closure






23. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






24. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Fourth lifecycle phase






32. Pre-Program Preparations






33. 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






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






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. 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.






37. Third lifecycle phase






38. 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






39. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.






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






50. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.