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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Program is ended by ________






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






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






4. Program Closure






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






16. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






17. 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






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






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. Third lifecycle phase






21. Fifth lifecycle phase






22. 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






23. Also known as Executive Steering Group may issue a program mandate which defines the strategic objectives and benefits that the program is expected to deliver.






24. 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






25. Second phase of benefits management






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






27. Third phase of benefits management






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






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






46. Pre-Program Preparations






47. Delivery of Program Benefits






48. A program must have more than one to function.






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






50. First lifecycle phase