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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Scope definition and planning - Requirements definition - decomposition - validation and management - Benefits definition - decomposition - management - cost and realization - Activity definition and sequencing - Duration estimates - Sched






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






7. Delivery of Program Benefits






8. 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.






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






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Program Closure






13. Second phase of benefits management






14. Third phase of benefits management






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






16. 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






17. Management oversight of a program






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






19. 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.






20. 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






21. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






32. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






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






36. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






38. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






40. 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.






41. Program is ended by ________






42. First lifecycle phase






43. Program Setup






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






49. First phase of benefits management






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