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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A program must have more than one to function.






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






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






4. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






5. Second lifecycle phase






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






11. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






16. 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






17. Fourth lifecycle phase






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






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






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






21. A means of achieving organizational goals and objectives that are so large scale that they cannot be achieved by single projects.






22. Management oversight of a program






23. Program Initiation






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






25. Pre-Program Preparations






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






27. 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






28. Desired outcomes - Benefits analysis - which identifies and plans for their realization Strategic fit within the organization's long term goals. - Total available resources - Estimated time scale - costs - and effort required to set-up - manage and d






29. First lifecycle phase






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






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






32. Program is ended by ________






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






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






35. 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.






36. Program Closure






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






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






39. 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






40. Third lifecycle phase






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






42. Program Setup






43. ___________ 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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