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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Program Initiation






2. Fourth lifecycle phase






3. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






5. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. Program Closure






20. 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.






21. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






36. Second lifecycle phase






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






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






39. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






42. 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.






43. Second phase of benefits management






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






45. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






48. 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






49. First lifecycle phase






50. Delivery of Program Benefits