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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






5. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






10. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






22. 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






23. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






26. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






28. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






29. 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.






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






31. 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






32. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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. First phase of benefits management






35. Management oversight of a program






36. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






39. 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






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






41. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






42. Program Setup






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. First lifecycle phase






49. 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.






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