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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. First lifecycle phase






7. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






8. 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






9. Management oversight of a program






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






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






12. Second lifecycle phase






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






14. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






15. 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






16. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






18. Program Setup






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Program Closure






23. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






24. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Second phase of benefits management






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. ___________ 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.






41. Fourth Phase of benefits management






42. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






43. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. 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