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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Program Setup






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






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






4. First phase of benefits management






5. Fourth Phase of benefits management






6. 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






7. Program Closure






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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






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. 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.






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






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






20. Pre-Program Preparations






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






22. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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






27. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






30. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






31. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






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






35. Delivery of Program Benefits






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






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






38. Second lifecycle phase






39. First lifecycle phase






40. Program Initiation






41. 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






42. Third phase of benefits management






43. Second phase of benefits management






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






50. 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.