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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






14. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






24. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Delivery of Program Benefits






34. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Fifth lifecycle phase






43. 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.






44. Program Closure






45. 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






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






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






48. Program Initiation






49. Program is ended by ________






50. First lifecycle phase