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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. Pre-Program Preparations






4. Third phase of benefits management






5. Delivery of Program Benefits






6. 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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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.






14. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. First lifecycle phase






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






22. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






26. Program Closure






27. Fourth lifecycle phase






28. 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.






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






30. ___________ 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.






31. Second phase of benefits management






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






43. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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