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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. 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






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






4. Program Initiation






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Second lifecycle phase






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






14. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






23. Program is ended by ________






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






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






26. Management oversight of a program






27. 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






28. Third lifecycle phase






29. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






33. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






37. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






38. 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






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






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






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






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






44. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






48. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






50. ___________ 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.