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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






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






3. 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






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






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






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. First phase of benefits management






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. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






10. 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






11. Fifth lifecycle phase






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






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






14. Fourth lifecycle phase






15. Primary objective is to develop in greater detail how a program can be structured and managed to deliver the desired outcomes that were identified in the program mandate.






16. 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.






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. 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






19. Components can begin ____ after the program begins.






20. Third lifecycle phase






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






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






23. Fourth Phase of benefits management






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






25. Conception - design - manufacturing - service - divestment






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






27. Oversees the progress of the program and the delivery of the coordinated benefits from its components. Implementation is critical for the success of a program since it is difficult for an individual to manage complex programs.






28. Organizational structure - culture and processes.






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Second lifecycle phase






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






35. Pre-Program Preparations






36. Second phase of benefits management






37. Program is ended by ________






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Program Closure






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






44. 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.






45. Program Setup






46. 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






47. Management oversight of a program






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






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






50. Program Initiation