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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






2. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






4. A program manager has been identified - and the key input into this phase - a program brief or charter defining high-level scope - objectives - visions and constraints has been generated.






5. 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






6. Program Closure






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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.






15. Third lifecycle phase






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






17. Fourth lifecycle phase






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






26. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. Fourth Phase of benefits management






32. 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






33. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






34. 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






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






36. Pre-Program Preparations






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






38. Program is ended by ________






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. ___________ 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.






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






48. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.






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






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