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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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. 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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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






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






9. ___________ 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.






10. 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.






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






12. Management oversight of a program






13. Pre-Program Preparations






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






18. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






34. Program Initiation






35. Program Setup






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. First lifecycle phase






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Third phase of benefits management






50. Program is ended by ________