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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.






2. 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






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






4. First phase of benefits management






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. Management oversight of a program






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






11. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






12. 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






13. Fifth lifecycle phase






14. Program is ended by ________






15. 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






16. 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






17. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






20. Early in the lifecycle the desired goals and benefits as well as the approach for managing are directed by the ________






21. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






23. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Recommended to assist program control and management as well as to facilitate program governance.






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






37. 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






38. Third lifecycle phase






39. First lifecycle phase






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. Focused on strategic alignment - investment appraisal - monitoring and controlling of opportunities and threats - benefits assessment and monitoring program outcomes.






45. 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






46. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






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






50. Program Closure