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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Fourth Phase of benefits management






3. Management oversight of a program






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






9. Program Setup






10. 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.






11. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






13. 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






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






15. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Pre-Program Preparations






27. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






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






31. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






33. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






35. 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






36. First phase of benefits management






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






41. Fifth lifecycle phase






42. Program Closure






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






44. Second lifecycle phase






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Second phase of benefits management






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






49. First lifecycle phase






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