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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. 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.






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






10. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






11. Program Initiation






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






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






20. 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






21. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.






22. Program Closure






23. Second lifecycle phase






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






25. 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.






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Fourth lifecycle phase






38. Management oversight of a program






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Program is ended by ________






42. Fourth Phase of benefits management






43. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






44. Third phase of benefits management






45. First lifecycle phase






46. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






47. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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