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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Fourth lifecycle phase






8. 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






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






10. ___________ 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.






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






12. Program Setup






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






14. Management oversight of a program






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






16. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






17. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






18. 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.






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






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






21. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






23. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Second phase of benefits management






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






30. 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






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






32. Program Initiation






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






43. First lifecycle phase






44. Pre-Program Preparations






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






46. Program is ended by ________






47. Program Closure






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






49. 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






50. 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.