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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________when funding is approved or program manager is assigned.






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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






7. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






9. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






11. Second lifecycle phase






12. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.






13. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






14. 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.






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






16. Third lifecycle phase






17. ___________ 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.






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. Third phase of benefits management






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






35. Program Setup






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






37. 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.






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






39. Fourth Phase of benefits management






40. Program is ended by ________






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






43. 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






44. Fourth lifecycle phase






45. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






46. First lifecycle phase






47. Program Initiation






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






49. 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






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