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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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.






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






3. First lifecycle phase






4. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






7. Third lifecycle phase






8. First phase of benefits management






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






15. 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






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






17. Pre-Program Preparations






18. 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






19. Second phase of benefits management






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






24. 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






25. Program Closure






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Program is ended by ________






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






49. Management oversight of a program






50. Program Setup