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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






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






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






4. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






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






8. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






10. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Delivery of Program Benefits






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Program Closure






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Third phase of benefits management






29. Second lifecycle phase






30. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






31. 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






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






33. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






34. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






35. Pre-Program Preparations






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






37. First lifecycle phase






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. First phase of benefits management






44. 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






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






46. Program Initiation






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






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






49. Second phase of benefits management






50. Third lifecycle phase