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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Second lifecycle phase






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Fifth lifecycle phase






8. Program Setup






9. Program Closure






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






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






12. Understanding the strategic benefits of the program - Developing a plan to initiate the program - Defining the program objectives and their alignment with the organizational goals - Developing a high level business case demonstrating an understanding






13. 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.






14. Program is ended by ________






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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.






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






26. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






28. Fourth lifecycle phase






29. 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.






30. ___________ 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.






31. 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






32. 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






33. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






34. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






39. Management oversight of a program






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






41. First phase of benefits management






42. Third lifecycle phase






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Third phase of benefits management






50. 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