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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Program Closure






3. Program Setup






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






5. Management oversight of a program






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. First lifecycle phase






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






17. Third lifecycle phase






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






19. Third phase of benefits management






20. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






21. 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






22. 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






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. 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.






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






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






27. Fourth Phase of benefits management






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






34. 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






35. 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.






36. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Pre-Program Preparations






43. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






50. 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