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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. Fifth lifecycle phase






7. Third phase of benefits management






8. 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






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






10. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






12. 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.






13. Pre-Program Preparations






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






15. 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






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






17. Program Closure






18. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






20. ___________ 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.






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Second phase of benefits management






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.






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






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






35. Management oversight of a program






36. 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






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






38. Fourth lifecycle phase






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






48. First phase of benefits management






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






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