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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






2. 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






3. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






6. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






7. 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






8. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Program Setup






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






15. Management oversight of a program






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






17. 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.






18. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






19. 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






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






21. Program Initiation






22. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






23. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






25. 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






26. ___________ 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.






27. 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.






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






29. Second lifecycle phase






30. Third phase of benefits management






31. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






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






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






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






37. Program is ended by ________






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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