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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First phase of benefits management






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






3. Program is ended by ________






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






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






6. Program Initiation






7. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






8. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






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






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






20. Delivery of Program Benefits






21. Program Closure






22. 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.






23. Fourth lifecycle phase






24. 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.






25. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






26. Management oversight of a program






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






28. Program Setup






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. Second lifecycle phase






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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. Fourth Phase of benefits management






40. 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.






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






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






43. Second phase of benefits management






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






50. 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