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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






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






3. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Second phase of benefits management






13. Program Setup






14. Fourth lifecycle phase






15. Program is ended by ________






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. First phase of benefits management






23. 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






24. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






25. Management oversight of a program






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






27. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






28. 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.






29. 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






30. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






31. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






33. 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






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






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






36. ___________ 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.






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Program Closure