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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________






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






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






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






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






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






7. Program is ended by ________






8. 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






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






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






11. Program Initiation






12. 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






13. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. ___________ 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.






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. Management oversight of a program






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






34. Second phase of benefits management






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






36. Fifth lifecycle phase






37. First phase of benefits management






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






39. Fourth lifecycle phase






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






45. Third lifecycle phase






46. 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






47. 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.






48. Program Closure






49. Third phase of benefits management






50. 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.