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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Program is ended by ________






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






4. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. ___________ 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.






13. 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






14. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






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






19. Second lifecycle phase






20. First phase of benefits management






21. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






23. 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






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






25. Program Closure






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






27. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






29. Third phase of benefits management






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






41. Program Setup






42. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






43. 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






44. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






46. Fourth lifecycle phase






47. 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.






48. Focuses on the analysis of the available information about organizational and business strategies - internal & external influences - program drivers - and the benefits that involved parties expected to realize.






49. Pre-Program Preparations






50. 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