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PMI: Pgmp Program Management Professional

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






2. Fifth lifecycle phase






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. Management oversight of a program






5. 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.






6. Followed when benefits are delivered incrementally






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. First phase of benefits management






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






14. Inputs to Initiating and planning.






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






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






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






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. A common outcome or a collective capability that is delivered






20. 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






21. Delivery of Program Benefits






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Program Setup






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






31. Clarifies distinctions among portfolio - program - and project management.






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. Program Closure






40. Fourth Phase of benefits management






41. 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






42. First lifecycle phase






43. 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






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






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 execute a controlled close down of the program.






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






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






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






50. 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.






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