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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Program Initiation






3. 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






4. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Delivery of Program Benefits






21. Management oversight of a program






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. First lifecycle phase






27. 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.






28. 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






29. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






31. 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.






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






33. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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






38. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






46. Establishing a project governance structure to monitor and control the projects - Initiating projects in order to meet program objectives - Ensuring component deliverables meet the requirements - Analyzing the progress to plan - Identifying environme






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






48. Program Setup






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






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