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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. 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






4. 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






5. First lifecycle phase






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






11. 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






12. Delivery of Program Benefits






13. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






18. Program Setup






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






20. Third phase of benefits management






21. 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






22. 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






23. Program is ended by ________






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






33. Management oversight of a program






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






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






36. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






42. 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






43. Pre-Program Preparations






44. ___________ 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.






45. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






48. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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