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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






10. 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.






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






12. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






14. 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






15. Second lifecycle phase






16. 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






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






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






19. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






31. Program is ended by ________






32. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects






33. Pre-Program Preparations






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






35. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. Program Setup






45. 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






46. Program Initiation






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






48. First phase of benefits management






49. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






50. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.