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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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






4. Management oversight of a program






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Delivery of Program Benefits






9. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________






10. Fourth lifecycle phase






11. Program Initiation






12. Second phase of benefits management






13. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






14. 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.






15. First lifecycle phase






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






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






18. 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.






19. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.






20. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Program is ended by ________






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Fifth lifecycle phase






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Second lifecycle phase






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






41. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






46. 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






47. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






49. ___________ 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.






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