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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. First lifecycle phase






2. Management oversight of a program






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






4. First phase of benefits management






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






6. 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






7. Third lifecycle phase






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






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. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






12. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






14. 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






15. Program Closure






16. 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.






17. 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






18. Program Setup






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Second lifecycle phase






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






41. 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.






42. Program is ended by ________






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






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






45. Fourth Phase of benefits management






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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