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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Program Initiation






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






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






4. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






16. Program Setup






17. 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






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






19. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






20. Program is ended by ________






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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Delivery of Program Benefits






39. ___________ 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.






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






41. Third phase of benefits management






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






44. Second phase of benefits management






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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







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