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






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






4. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






12. Program Initiation






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Second lifecycle phase






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






27. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






29. ___________ 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.






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Pre-Program Preparations






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Program Setup






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






43. Second phase of benefits management






44. 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.






45. Management oversight of a program






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






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






48. Fifth lifecycle phase






49. Program is ended by ________






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