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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.






2. 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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






28. Program Initiation






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






30. First phase of benefits management






31. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






43. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






45. Program Setup






46. 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






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. 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






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






50. Management oversight of a program