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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






2. 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






3. 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.






4. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.






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






6. 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






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






8. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






11. 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






12. Program is ended by ________






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Pre-Program Preparations






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. Program Setup






26. ___________ 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.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






33. 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.






34. First phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Second lifecycle phase






43. Program Closure






44. 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






45. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






47. Fourth Phase of benefits management






48. 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






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






50. 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