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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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1. 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.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Portfolio Review Board
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
2. 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
Program
Program Manager
Steering Committee
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
3. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Governance
Benefits Realization Planning
Initiating and planning
4. Program Initiation
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
Program Management Responsibilities
Process Groups
5. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Management
Integration Testing
Governance
Strong communication skills
6. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Benefits Realization Planning
Project Management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Any time
7. Complies with the needs of corporate governance and also ensures that the expected benefits are realized in a predictable and coordinated manner.
Program
Program Charter Contents
Program Life Cycle
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
8. 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
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Benefit
Benefits Management
Program Setup Phase
9. Second lifecycle phase
Components
Program Initiation
Program Approval Factor
Portfolio Components
10. 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.
Program Initiation Phase
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Relationship among projects within a program
Strong communication skills
11. Application of knowledge - tools - skills and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
Project Management
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Life Cycle
Program Benefit Delivery
12. 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
Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Delivery of Program Benefits
Portfolio Components
13. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Portfolio Components
Means of Governance
Process Groups
14. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment
Program Life Cycle
Product Lifecycle
Programs
Program infrastructure
15. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Components
Program Charter
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Initiating and planning
16. 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
Program Approval Factor
Program Benefit Delivery
Program Closure Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
17. The program has received the "approval in principle" from a selection committee.
Program Start
Program Life Cycle
Program Charter Approval
Program Setup Phase
18. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Integration Testing
Project
19. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Domain interaction
Program infrastructure
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
20. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Program begins
Program Approval Factor
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Analysis and Planning
21. 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.
Program Approval Factor
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Components
Program Governance
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.
Program Management Plan Content
Pre-program Preparations
Program Start
Program Management
23. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Relationship among projects within a program
Phase-Gate Reviews
Integration Testing
24. A program must have more than one to function.
Main Program Phases One of Five
Components
Program Life Cycle
Steering Committee
25. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Benefit
Program Benefit Delivery
Project Domain
26. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Portfolio
Phase-Gate Review
Enterprise environmental factor
27. 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
Benefits Realization Planning
Project Domain
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Charter Contents
28. Third lifecycle phase
Program Initiation
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Setup
Program Management Responsibilities
29. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Portfolio Components
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Setup Output
30. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Strong communication skills
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefit
Main Program Phases Two of Five
31. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Organizational Process Assets
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program Closure
Benefits Realization
32. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Benefits Transistion
Program Approval Factor
Organizational Process Assets
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
33. Pre-Program Preparations
Main Program Phases One of Five
Programs end
Program Setup Phase Activity
Steering Committee
34. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Phase-Gate Reviews
35. 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
Program Charter Contents
Portfolio
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
36. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Setup Output
Program Start
Enterprise environmental factor
37. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Management
Portfolio Components
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Approval Factor
38. 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
Programs
Phase-Gate Review
Any time
Program Governance
39. 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.
Program Information Flow
Portfolio
Program begins
Program Initiation Phase
40. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Domain interaction
Portfolio
Relationship among projects within a program
Program begins
41. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Portfolio Management
Project Domain
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program Start
42. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.
Program Shutdown
Benefit
Program Management Plan Content
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
43. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Portfolio
Program
PMO
44. Fourth lifecycle phase
Steering Committee
Program Management Plan Content
Delivery of Program Benefits
Programs end
45. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Phase-Gate Review
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Enterprise environmental factor
46. Often occurs immediately after product delivery and customer acceptance. Sometimes occurs after product transitions into an operational phase and is managed by normal operations.
Program Shutdown
Programs
Benefits Transistion
Phase-Gate Reviews
47. Later in the lifecycle the project status - risks - changes - costs - issues - and other information affecting the program are reported by the ________
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Project Domain
Program Management
Program Manager
48. Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Charter
Program Closure Phase Activities
Parallel lifecycle to Program
49. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Program Setup Phase
Portfolio Management
Program Start
Program Closure Phase
50. ___________ 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.
Programs end
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Program Setup Phase
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints