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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Aligning the vision - mission and values - Developing an initial detailed cost and schedule plan - Conducting feasibility studies - where applicable - Establishing rules for make/buy decisions as well as those for selecting subcontractors - Develo






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






8. Program is ended by ________






9. Third phase of benefits management






10. Pre-Program Preparations






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






16. Second lifecycle phase






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. First lifecycle phase






21. 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.






22. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






25. Fourth Phase of benefits management






26. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






29. 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






30. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






31. Program Initiation






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Fifth lifecycle phase






37. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






38. 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.






39. Program Setup






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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