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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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.






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






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.






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






6. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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.






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






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






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






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






14. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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






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






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.






21. Third lifecycle phase






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






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.






24. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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.






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






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.






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






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






30. First phase of 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






32. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






34. Program Initiation






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. First lifecycle phase






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






44. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






47. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






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