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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Fourth Phase of benefits management






3. Second lifecycle phase






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Program Setup






9. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. Fifth lifecycle phase






16. ___________ 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.






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






18. Pre-Program Preparations






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






20. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






21. 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.






22. Third phase of benefits management






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. First phase of benefits management






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






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






44. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






46. Second phase of benefits management






47. 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.






48. 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






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






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