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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fourth Phase of benefits management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Initiation Phase
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Transistion
2. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Program Setup Phase
PMO
Strong communication skills
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
3. 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
Program Governance
Benefit
Program Approval Factor
Program Initiation
4. 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.
Program
Initiating and planning
Benefits Identification
Pre-program Preparations
5. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Benefit
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefits Management
Programs end
6. Fourth lifecycle phase
PMO
Benefits Realization
Program Closure Phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
7. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Benefits Identification
Benefits Management
Project Management
Program Charter Approval
8. 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.
Benefits Realization Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Governance
9. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Programs end
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
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
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Management Responsibilities
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Main Program Phases Five of Five
11. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Benefits Management
Program Setup Output
Process Groups
Program Setup Phase
12. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Setup
Program Setup Phase
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Management
13. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Program Life Cycle
Project
Program Start
Product Lifecycle
14. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review
15. 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
Program Closure
Program Closure Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
PMO
16. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Process Groups
Project Domain
17. 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
Steering Committee
Program Charter Contents
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Pre-Program Phase Activity
18. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program begins
Portfolio Management
Program Approval Factor
19. 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
Program Shutdown
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Closure Phase
Initiating and planning
20. 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.
Program Setup Phase
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Portfolio Review Board
Pre-program Preparations
21. Third lifecycle phase
Program begins
Program Setup
Benefits Realization Planning
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
22. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Program Charter Contents
Product Lifecycle
Integration Testing
23. 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.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Means of Governance
Program Initiation Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
24. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Initiation Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
Pre-Program Preparations
25. 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.
Program Charter
Program Management
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
26. 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
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Charter
Program Management Plan Content
27. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Shutdown
Program
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Program Manager
28. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program begins
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio
29. 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
Program Management Plan Content
Benefits Identification
Programs
Portfolio
30. First phase of benefits management
Benefits Identification
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Benefits Management
31. 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
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Management
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Manager
32. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Benefits Identification
Product Lifecycle
Benefits Management
33. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefits Realization Planning
Product Lifecycle
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Strong communication skills
34. Program Initiation
Portfolio Components
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Domain interaction
35. 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
Project Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Phase-Gate Review
36. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Process assets
Benefits Identification
37. 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
Program Closure
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Start
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
38. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Project Management
Program Manager
Benefits Transistion
39. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Organizational Process Assets
Program
Governance
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
40. 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
Program Setup Phase
Benefits Identification
Program Manager
Program Approval Factor
41. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Life Cycle
Program Setup
42. First lifecycle phase
Program Charter
Program Setup Phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Delivery of Program Benefits
43. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Governance
Benefit
Project Management
44. Fifth lifecycle phase
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Closure
Program Information Flow
Program Setup Output
45. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Benefits Management
Program Life Cycle
Delivery of Program Benefits
Programs
46. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Pre-program Preparations
Program Closure Phase Activities
Process Groups
Project Domain
47. Delivery of Program Benefits
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Benefits Management
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Portfolio Components
48. A program must have more than one to function.
Program Information Flow
Enterprise environmental factor
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Components
49. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Program
Program Initiation
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Life Cycle
50. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program
Program Setup