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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






2. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






4. 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.






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






6. Program is ended by ________






7. ___________ 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.






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






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






10. 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






11. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






12. 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.






13. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






14. Third lifecycle phase






15. First lifecycle phase






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






17. 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






18. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






20. Fourth lifecycle phase






21. 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.






22. First phase of benefits management






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






24. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






26. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Second phase of benefits management






43. 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.






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. 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






46. Management oversight of a program






47. 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.






48. Second lifecycle phase






49. Third phase of benefits management






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