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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Program is ended by ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Second phase of benefits management






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






10. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






12. 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






13. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






15. Program Setup






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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






21. ___________ 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.






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






23. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






25. 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






26. 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






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. Second lifecycle phase






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Third lifecycle phase






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Third phase of benefits management






38. First phase of benefits management






39. First lifecycle phase






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






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






47. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






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