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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. Second phase of benefits management






10. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






13. ___________ 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.






14. Program Setup






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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.






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






23. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






25. 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.






26. First lifecycle phase






27. 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






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






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






30. Third phase of benefits management






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






32. 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.






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






34. Fourth Phase of benefits management






35. Fourth lifecycle phase






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






41. 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






42. Pre-Program Preparations






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






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