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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. Delivery of Program Benefits






8. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Pre-Program Preparations






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






16. Management oversight of a program






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. Second lifecycle phase






23. ___________ 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.






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






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






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






27. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






28. 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.






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






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






31. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






32. 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






33. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






42. Third phase of benefits management






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






49. 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






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