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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.






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






3. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






5. 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






6. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






12. 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.






13. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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.






26. First lifecycle phase






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Program Initiation






39. Program Closure






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






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






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






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. 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






45. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






48. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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