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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






5. Delivery of Program Benefits






6. 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






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. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






11. Fourth Phase of benefits management






12. 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.






13. First lifecycle phase






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






15. 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






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






17. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. Program Closure






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Program is ended by ________






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. Third phase of benefits management






32. Program Setup






33. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Pre-Program Preparations






42. 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






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






44. Second lifecycle phase






45. Fifth lifecycle phase






46. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






47. First phase of benefits management






48. 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






49. 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






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