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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






9. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






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






13. First phase of benefits management






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Management oversight of a program






20. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. Program Closure






26. Fifth lifecycle phase






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. Pre-Program Preparations






32. Delivery of Program Benefits






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






38. First lifecycle phase






39. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.






40. 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






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. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






43. 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.






44. Second lifecycle phase






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






46. 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






47. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






49. 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






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