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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. Third phase of benefits management






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






3. Program Closure






4. Program Setup






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






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






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






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.






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






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






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






12. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






15. Translated by the program team from the Initiating and Planning processes.






16. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






17. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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.






19. Second lifecycle phase






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






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.






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






23. Management oversight of a program






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






34. Fourth lifecycle phase






35. First phase of benefits management






36. First lifecycle phase






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.






38. Second phase of benefits management






39. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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.






41. Change impact in either lifecycle can be felt in the other.






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






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






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






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.






46. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






50. Program is ended by ________