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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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






2. Program is ended by ________






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






4. Pre-Program Preparations






5. 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.






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






7. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






22. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






25. 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






26. First phase of benefits management






27. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






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






30. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. Management oversight of a program






36. 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.






37. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






38. 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






39. Can happen all at once at the end or incrementally unlike projects which usually deliver only at the end.






40. 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






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






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






43. Second phase of benefits management






44. ___________ 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.






45. 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






46. Program Initiation






47. 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






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






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






50. 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.