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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 lifecycle phase






3. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






4. 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.






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. 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.






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. 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.






12. 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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Program Setup






17. 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






18. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






20. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






22. 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.






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






24. First lifecycle phase






25. Management oversight of a program






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. First phase of benefits management






33. 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






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






35. Second phase of benefits management






36. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






40. Third lifecycle phase






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






42. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Program Initiation






49. 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.






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