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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. Program is ended by ________






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






19. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






20. 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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






28. 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






29. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






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






34. Fourth lifecycle phase






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Program Initiation






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






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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