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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






20. Program Setup






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. 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.






25. First lifecycle phase






26. 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.






27. ___________ 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.






28. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






30. 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






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






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






33. First phase of benefits management






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






35. 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






36. Second phase of benefits management






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






38. Management oversight of a program






39. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






41. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






43. Program Closure






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






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






46. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






47. 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






48. Program Initiation






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






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