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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Program is ended by ________






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






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






14. Third phase of benefits management






15. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






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






19. Management oversight of a program






20. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






22. Fourth lifecycle phase






23. 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






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






25. Program Closure






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






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






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






29. Program Setup






30. Program Initiation






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Pre-Program Preparations






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






41. 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






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






43. Oversees the progress of the program and the delivery of the coordinated benefits from its components. Implementation is critical for the success of a program since it is difficult for an individual to manage complex programs.






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






49. Second phase of benefits management






50. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related