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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Fifth lifecycle phase






8. 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






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






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






11. Second phase of benefits management






12. Pre-Program Preparations






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






14. 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






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






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






18. First phase of benefits management






19. 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






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






21. Program Setup






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 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






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






26. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






27. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






28. 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






29. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






30. 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






31. Program is ended by ________






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






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






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






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






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






37. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






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






41. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






42. Management oversight of a program






43. 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.






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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. Third lifecycle phase






48. 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.






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






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