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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






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






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






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






5. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






6. 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






7. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






8. Fourth Phase of benefits management






9. 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.






10. 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






11. Pre-Program Preparations






12. 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






13. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






18. Third phase of benefits management






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. Program Initiation






24. 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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Second lifecycle phase






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






30. 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.






31. Management oversight of a program






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






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






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






36. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






38. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






39. Delivery of Program Benefits






40. First lifecycle phase






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Program is ended by ________






46. 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






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






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






49. Program Closure






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