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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The formal document that consolidates all the available information about the program.






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Program Initiation






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






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






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






10. Third phase of benefits management






11. 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






12. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






15. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






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






17. 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.






18. 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






19. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






20. ___________ 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.






21. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






27. 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






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






29. 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






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






31. Third lifecycle phase






32. Fifth lifecycle phase






33. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






41. 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






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.






43. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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