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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






2. 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






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






4. In a portfolio the program's ____________ receive inputs from the portfolio domain.






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






6. Pre-Program Preparations






7. Fourth Phase of benefits management






8. 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






9. First phase of benefits management






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






11. Fourth lifecycle phase






12. Third lifecycle phase






13. Program Initiation






14. 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






15. 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.






16. ___________ 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.






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






18. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






19. 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.






20. 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






21. Fifth lifecycle phase






22. 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.






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






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






25. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






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






29. Program is ended by ________






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






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






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






33. First lifecycle phase






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Program Setup






38. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched






39. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






41. 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






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






43. Second phase of benefits management






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.






45. 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.






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






47. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






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






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






50. 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