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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.






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






3. Delivery of Program Benefits






4. Second phase of benefits management






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






6. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






13. Fifth lifecycle phase






14. Program is ended by ________






15. 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.






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






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






18. Third lifecycle phase






19. 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






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. 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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






25. First lifecycle phase






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Program Closure






32. 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.






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






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






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






38. First phase of benefits management






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






40. Fourth lifecycle phase






41. 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






42. Third phase of benefits management






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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