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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 Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.






2. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






3. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






5. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.






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






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






8. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






10. Pre-Program Preparations






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






12. 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






13. Second lifecycle phase






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






15. Second phase of benefits management






16. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






18. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






21. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Program Setup






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. First phase of benefits management






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






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






46. Management oversight of a program






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. 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






49. 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






50. Program Closure