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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Benefit Delivery
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Steering Committee
2. Program Initiation
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Start
Main Program Phases Two of Five
3. 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
Program Charter Contents
Program Setup Output
Benefits Management
Program Information Flow
4. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Portfolio Components
Domain interaction
Program Manager
Main Program Phases Four of Five
5. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Domain interaction
Product Lifecycle
Program Management Responsibilities
6. Part of the Program Initiation phase and is one of its main outputs.
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Main Program Phases One of Five
Benefits Realization Planning
Benefits Management
7. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Governance
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Charter Approval
8. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Closure Phase
Programs end
Relationship among projects within a program
Process Groups
9. 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.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program infrastructure
Product Lifecycle
Programs end
10. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Phase-Gate Review
11. Comprised of projects that focus on achieving their individual requirements.
Project
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Programs
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
12. 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.
Program Information Flow
Pre-program Preparations
Program Charter Contents
Programs
13. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Programs end
14. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Benefits Management
Program Domain
15. 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
Program Domain
Program Approval Factor
Product Lifecycle
Program Initiation Phase
16. 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
PMO
Program Domain
Benefits Identification
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
17. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Governance
Program begins
18. Status updates - audits - phase-gate reviews - change control
Means of Governance
Program Benefit Delivery
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Setup Phase
19. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.
Portfolio Management
Program Charter
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
20. Delivery of Program Benefits
Steering Committee
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program
Program Charter Contents
21. Management oversight of a program
Governance
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Setup Phase
Project Domain
22. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Program Closure Phase
PMO
Integration Testing
Program Setup Phase
23. 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.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Governance
Process assets
Program Closure Phase Activity
24. One of the truest measures of an organization's intent - direction - and progress. Guides investment decisions - resource allocation - and priorities of an organization.
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Start
Strong communication skills
Portfolio
25. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Pre-program Preparations
Process assets
Programs
Program Approval Factor
26. First lifecycle phase
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Strong communication skills
Pre-Program Preparations
Phase-Gate Review
27. 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.
Program Information Flow
Program Initiation
Delivery of Program Benefits
Program begins
28. 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
Program Closure Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Enterprise environmental factor
Program
29. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Program Closure Phase
Program Approval Factor
Project Domain
30. Influence the program's success and include any or all processes related to the assets.
Program Management Responsibilities
Benefits Identification
Programs
Organizational Process Assets
31. 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.
Program Initiation Phase
Benefits Identification
Program Initiation
Enterprise environmental factor
32. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.
Program Benefit Delivery
Benefits Transistion
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Program Management
33. Second phase of benefits management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Benefits Management
Organizational Process Assets
Phase-Gate Review Approach
34. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________
Program Domain
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program Charter
35. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Program Closure Phase
Any time
Organizational Process Assets
Project Management
36. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Portfolio
Pre-Program Preparations
Process assets
37. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Program Information Flow
Main Program Phases Two of Five
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Components
38. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Governance
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Program begins
39. Lead to shutdown of the program organization and infrastructure.
Program Closure Phase Activities
Enterprise environmental factor
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup Output
40. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program
Program Charter Contents
Program Manager
Programs end
41. 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
Pre-program Preparations
Program Charter Contents
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program infrastructure
42. 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.
Project
Program Management
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Product Lifecycle
43. Third lifecycle phase
Program Management Responsibilities
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup Output
Program Setup
44. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Portfolio
Program Charter Approval
Process assets
Benefits Transistion
45. Focuses on assuring that programs and projects are selected - prioritized and staffed with respect to their alignment with organizational strategies.
Portfolio Management
Process Groups
Programs end
Main Program Phases Three of Five
46. 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
Program Benefit Delivery
Strong communication skills
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Portfolio Management
47. Program Manager must have _________________ to deal with various stakeholders including team members - sponsors - managing directors - customers - vendors - and senior management - and other program stakeholders.
Project Domain
Strong communication skills
Delivery of Program Benefits
Parallel lifecycle to Program
48. Program Setup
Main Program Phases One of Five
Program Charter Approval
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Main Program Phases Three of Five
49. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Benefits Transistion
Program Charter
50. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Program Domain
Benefits Realization
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule