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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. First phase of benefits management






8. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Management oversight of a program






17. 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






18. Delivery of Program Benefits






19. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






20. Program Initiation






21. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






24. ___________ 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.






25. 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






26. Program Closure






27. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






28. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






30. 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






31. First lifecycle phase






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






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






39. Program is ended by ________






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






41. Pre-Program Preparations






42. Fourth Phase of benefits management






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. Fifth lifecycle phase






47. 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






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






49. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






50. 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