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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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.






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






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






4. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






5. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






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






7. 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






8. First phase of benefits management






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






19. Third lifecycle phase






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






21. Second lifecycle phase






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






23. 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






24. 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.






25. Fourth Phase of benefits management






26. 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






27. First lifecycle phase






28. Fifth lifecycle phase






29. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






31. 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






32. Pre-Program Preparations






33. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






35. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






36. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






38. 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






39. 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






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. 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






42. 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






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






44. Second phase of benefits management






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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