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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






16. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. Delivery of Program Benefits






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Program Initiation






31. End result and expectations - Timeline for program benefit realization - Program budget - Risks and issues - Dependencies - assumptions - constraints - Management of the program and components - Other required services - Program






32. Pre-Program Preparations






33. Second phase of benefits management






34. 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.






35. Third lifecycle phase






36. ___________ 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.






37. Second lifecycle phase






38. Program Closure






39. 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.






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






47. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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