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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






5. Fourth Phase of benefits management






6. Program Setup






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






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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






11. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






14. Management oversight of a program






15. Program is ended by ________






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






17. 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






18. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Program Initiation






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






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






27. Fourth lifecycle phase






28. Second lifecycle phase






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. First phase of benefits management






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. First lifecycle phase






45. Delivery of Program Benefits






46. 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






47. Program Closure






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






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






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