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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Second lifecycle phase






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






8. Pre-Program Preparations






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






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






11. Third phase of benefits management






12. Program Setup






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Program is ended by ________






19. 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






20. Program Closure






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Second phase of benefits management






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






28. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






29. 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






30. Fourth lifecycle phase






31. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






32. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. ___________ 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.






40. 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.






41. 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






42. May not necessarily be interdependent or directly related






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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