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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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






2. Program Setup






3. 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






4. Fifth lifecycle phase






5. Third phase of benefits management






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. First phase of benefits management






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






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






30. Second lifecycle phase






31. Third lifecycle phase






32. Pre-Program Preparations






33. Program is ended by ________






34. Program Initiation






35. 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






36. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






38. 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.






39. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






40. Program Closure






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






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.






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