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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






3. 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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Fourth lifecycle phase






11. 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.






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






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






14. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






17. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






19. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






20. An outcome of actions and behaviors that provides utility to the Organization.






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. 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






23. Delivery of Program Benefits






24. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






27. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






39. Second phase of benefits management






40. 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






41. Program Initiation






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






43. First phase of benefits management






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






45. First lifecycle phase






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






49. Program Setup






50. 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