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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.






2. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






3. Pre-Program Preparations






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






5. First lifecycle phase






6. Third phase of benefits management






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. ___________ 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.






12. Program Closure






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






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






15. Fourth lifecycle phase






16. 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






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






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






19. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






20. 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.






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






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






23. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






24. 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






25. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






26. Program Initiation






27. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






29. Management oversight of a program






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






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






32. First phase of benefits management






33. Third lifecycle phase






34. 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






35. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






36. 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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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