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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. 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.






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






4. Management oversight of a program






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






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






7. 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






8. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Program Closure






26. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






27. 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






28. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






35. End result and expectations - Timeline for program benefit realization - Program budget - Risks and issues - Dependencies - assumptions - constraints - Management of the program and components - Other required services - Program






36. 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






37. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






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






40. Third lifecycle phase






41. First lifecycle phase






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






43. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Fourth lifecycle phase






50. Second lifecycle phase