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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






5. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.






6. 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.






7. First lifecycle phase






8. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






9. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






11. First phase of benefits management






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






13. 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






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






15. ___________ 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Third lifecycle phase






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






21. 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






22. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






23. 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.






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






25. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






35. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






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






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






39. Program is ended by ________






40. Program Closure






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. Pre-Program Preparations






45. 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






46. Program Setup






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. 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