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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






2. Third lifecycle phase






3. Program is ended by ________






4. 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






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






6. 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






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. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






11. 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.






12. Second phase of benefits management






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. Management oversight of a program






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






18. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






20. 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.






21. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






22. 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






23. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






27. Third phase of benefits management






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






29. 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.






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






31. First phase of benefits management






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






33. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






36. ___________ 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.






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






38. Fourth lifecycle phase






39. 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






40. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






42. 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






43. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






46. First lifecycle phase






47. Fourth Phase of benefits management






48. 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.






49. 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






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