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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Fourth lifecycle phase






10. 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






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






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






13. Second lifecycle phase






14. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






16. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






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






20. Program Initiation






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






26. Program is ended by ________






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






28. 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






29. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






30. 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






31. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.






32. 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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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






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. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






41. 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






42. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






43. Program Setup






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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.