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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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.






2. Second phase of benefits management






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






4. Third phase of benefits management






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






6. Third lifecycle phase






7. Management oversight of a program






8. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






10. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






11. Fourth Phase of benefits management






12. 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.






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. Pre-Program Preparations






20. 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.






21. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally