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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Third phase of benefits management
Process assets
Program Initiation Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
Process Groups
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
Programs
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Strong communication skills
Program
3. Program Closure
Initiating and planning
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Closure Phase Activity
Program
4. Program Setup
Program Closure Phase
Pre-program Preparations
Program Approval Factor
Main Program Phases Three of Five
5. Begins when funding is approved or when the program manager is assigned.
Program Start
Process assets
Program Closure
Program Initiation
6. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program life cycle.
Project
Benefits Management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Benefit Delivery
7. 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
Program Charter Contents
Project
Pre-Program Preparations
Program Initiation Phase Activity
8. 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.
Portfolio
Program Closure Phase Activity
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Program Setup Phase
9. 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
Program Management Responsibilities
Program Charter Contents
Program Approval Factor
Phase-Gate Review Approach
10. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.
Components
Process Groups
Any time
Phase-Gate Reviews
11. Coordinates efforts between projects but does not directly manage the individual projects
Program Manager
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Main Program Phases Three of Five
12. Organizational structure - culture and processes.
Program Start
Program begins
Programs end
Enterprise environmental factor
13. 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
Domain interaction
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Approval Factor
Programs
14. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Charter
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Pre-program Preparations
15. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.
Program Charter Contents
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Closure
Program Initiation
16. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Pre-program Preparations
17. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.
Program Charter Contents
Any time
Phase-Gate Review
Main Program Phases Four of Five
18. 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.
Main Program Phases Four of Five
Program Information Flow
Delivery of Program Benefits
Benefits Realization Planning
19. Second lifecycle phase
Program Scope - Deliverables - budget and schedule
Program Initiation
Benefits Realization
Main Program Phases Two of Five
20. Approval from the strategic governing board to proceed to the next program phase which is program setup - Program charter or program mandate.
Program Closure Phase
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Program Setup Phase
Program Initiation Phase Activity
21. ___________ 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.
Benefits Transistion
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
Process Groups
Programs end
22. 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
Programs end
Portfolio Components
Program Closure Phase Activity
Benefit
23. Management oversight of a program
Program Initiation Phase
Means of Governance
Portfolio Management
Governance
24. Often the most time and cost-intensive effort of the program.
Integration Testing
Portfolio Components
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio
25. 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.
Program Governance
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Benefits Management
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
26. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
Project
Portfolio Review Board
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Domain
27. Program Management focuses on achieving the benefits aligned with the ______________________.
Product Lifecycle
Program Charter Contents
Benefits Identification
Portfolio and subsequently with organizational objectives
28. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Benefits Realization
Program Setup Output
29. 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
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase
Programs end
Program Setup
Program Management Plan Content
30. 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
Program
Means of Governance
Program Shutdown
Main Program Phases One of Five
31. 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
Main Program Phases Three of Five
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Portfolio
Pre-program Preparations
32. Inputs to Initiating and planning.
Program Start
Strategic goals and benefits - funding allocations - requirements - timelines and constraints
Benefit
Program Shutdown
33. Similar to program and project domains - portfolio managemetn and program management domains interact in their ________
Program Management Responsibilities
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Process Groups
Program Management Plan Content
34. Fourth lifecycle phase
Benefits Realization
Delivery of Program Benefits Phase Activity
Delivery of Program Benefits
Main Program Phases Five of Five
35. First phase of benefits management
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Benefits Identification
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase Activity
36. First lifecycle phase
Pre-Program Preparations
Programs
Parallel lifecycle to Program
Benefits Realization
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.
Program Management
Government or industry standards (regulations - quality - etc.)
Pre-program Preparations
Program Setup Phase Activity
38. Second phase of benefits management
Portfolio
Benefits Analysis and Planning
Program Charter Contents
Program Management Responsibilities
39. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related
Program infrastructure
PMO
Portfolio Components
Program Charter
40. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.
Program Charter Approval
Program Management Plan Content
Relationship among projects within a program
Program Shutdown
41. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Project Management
Phase-Gate Review
Enterprise environmental factor
42. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.
Program Initiation Phase
Program Setup Phase Activity
Program
Portfolio Management
43. Requires the establishment of processes and measures for tracking and assessing benefits throughout the program lifecycle.
Pre-program Preparations
Benefits Management
Governance
Phase-Gate Reviews
44. 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
Benefits Identification
Main Program Phases Five of Five
Program Management Plan Content
Program Management
45. Included the organization's knowledge bases such as best practices - lessons learned & historical information - such as completed schedules - risk data - and earned valued data.
Project Management
Strong communication skills
Pre-Program Phase Activity
Process assets
46. Fifth lifecycle phase
Program Approval Factor
Program Setup Output
Program Closure Phase Activities
Program Closure
47. Purpose is to execute a controlled close down of the program.
Benefits Realization
Program infrastructure
Portfolio Management
Program Closure Phase
48. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.
Phase-Gate Review Approach
Program Setup
Phase-Gate Reviews
Program Life Cycle
49. A program must have more than one to function.
Portfolio
Project Domain
Program Setup
Components
50. Program is ended by ________
Steering Committee
Program Lifecycle relationship to Product Lifecycle
Strong communication skills
Program