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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Program is ended by ________






6. Delivery of Program Benefits






7. 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






8. Management oversight of a program






9. Pre-Program Preparations






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






11. ___________ 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.






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






13. Fourth Phase of benefits management






14. First lifecycle phase






15. Program Setup






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






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






18. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






19. 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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. First phase of benefits management






34. Third phase of benefits management






35. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






38. Provides the basis of the progress to program setup - the development of the program's full business case - detailed program plans - and component charters.






39. 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.






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. 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.






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






48. Third lifecycle phase






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






50. 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.