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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






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






3. Program Closure






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






8. 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






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






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






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. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Pre-Program Preparations






19. 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






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






21. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.






22. 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






23. 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






24. Infrastructure (existing facilities and equipment) - Existing human resources - personnel administration (staffing/retention policies - etc.) - company work authorization systems - marketplace conditions - - stakeholder risk tolerances - political c






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






26. 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






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






28. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. Fourth Phase of benefits management






33. 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






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






35. ___________ 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.






36. 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






37. First phase of benefits management






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






39. Third phase of benefits management






40. 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






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






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






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. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






46. First lifecycle phase






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






48. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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