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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Program Setup






2. 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






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






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






5. Second phase of benefits management






6. First lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Each one functions as a "go" or "no-go" decision point on the program as a whole. Performed to check the program performance against the planned criteria for exit from the phase that has just been completed - and to determine the readiness for procee






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






20. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. First phase of benefits management






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. Pre-Program Preparations






32. 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






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






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






35. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






48. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






50. 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