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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. Pre-Program Preparations






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. Program Initiation






11. 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






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






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






14. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






16. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






17. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






19. 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.






20. Program Setup






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






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






23. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






26. Third phase of benefits management






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






35. Management oversight of a program






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






50. Fifth lifecycle phase