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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Third phase of benefits management






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Program Closure






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






14. Program Initiation






15. Pre-Program Preparations






16. 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.






17. First phase of benefits management






18. 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






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






21. Third lifecycle phase






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






23. Program Setup






24. 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






25. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. ___________ 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.






35. 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






36. 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.






37. First lifecycle phase






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






39. 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






40. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






50. 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