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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Closure






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






11. 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






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






13. Pre-Program Preparations






14. Management oversight of a program






15. First lifecycle phase






16. 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






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






18. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






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






20. 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






21. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






22. 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.






23. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






32. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






33. 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






34. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






37. Second lifecycle phase






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. Third phase of benefits management






42. Program Initiation






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






44. Fourth Phase of benefits management






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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