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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Program Initiation






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






10. Pre-Program Preparations






11. 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






12. Fourth Phase of benefits management






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Program is ended by ________






36. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________






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






38. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. Second phase of benefits management






49. Management oversight of a program






50. Program Closure