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  • Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jul-2021
  • Kirjastus: CRC Press
  • ISBN-10: 0367702371
  • ISBN-13: 9780367702373
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A Sensible Guide to Program Management Professional (PgMP)® Success

 is for program managers preparing to take the PgMP exam based on The Standard for Program Management – 4th Edition

(PgM4 Standard). It is designed for busy professionals whose responsibilities have taken them into the realm of coordinating, facilitating, managing, and leading programs. Program managers are leaders who are directly managing large amounts of project resources for their organizations.

This study guide addresses three main concerns facing PgMP exam candidates:

  1. What are the essential concepts, processes, and tools that form the foundation of today’s program management?

  2. Since program management is still an emerging profession with professionals often working in different ways, what does this mean for a "standard" exam? More specifically, how does that impact your ability to pass the PgMP exam?

  3. How best to prepare for the Program Management Professional exam?

To address the first concern, this book highlights the underlying rationale for program management: why it exists in organizations; why it is becoming ever more important; what programs are, especially for the purpose of passing the exam; how to think like a portfolio manager; and what the most important concepts, processes, and tools are for this profession. By simplifying complex ideas and communicating them in plain English with relevant examples, this book aims to help readers not only to pass the PgMP exam but also to serve as an essential guide for program managers.

For the second concern, this book differs from other study guides by describing the author’s personal experience as a program manager and addressing the most pressing questions for each of the performance domains in The Standard for Program Management. To address the last concern, this book contains 420 practice questions, access to an online exam simulator and an online PgMP community, and a time-tested approach for passing the PgMP exam.

 



This book helps aspiring program managers to pass the Program Management Professional (PgMP®) certification exam by explaining the core concepts, providing 420 practice questions, and helping program managers develop a test taking strategy that works.
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
About the Author xvii
Organization of This Book xix
Additional Support by Registering This Book xxi
1 Introduction to Program Management Profession and Its Credential
1(34)
1.1 About PgMP Certification
1(3)
1.1.1 PgMP Certification Requirements
1(1)
1.1.2 PgMP Certification Process
2(2)
1.1.3 Some Quick Words on Maintaining PgMP Credential
4(1)
1.1.4 PgMP Exam
4(1)
1.2 Taking and Preparing for the PgMP Exam
4(11)
1.2.1 Test-Taking Strategy
5(4)
1.2.2 PgMP Exam Aid
9(1)
1.2.3 Test Preparation Strategy - Count Down to the Exam (Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Zero, ...)
9(4)
1.2.4 You Passed Phase 1, Phase 2 Preparation Starts - A Sample Study Plan of 30 Days
13(2)
1.3 Program Management Overview
15(4)
1.3.1 Context of Program Management
15(2)
1.3.2 What Are Programs?
17(2)
1.3.3 What Is Program Management?
19(1)
1.4 Nine Principles of Program Management
19(3)
1.5 How to Think Like a Program Manager
22(6)
1.5.1 Think Integration
23(1)
1.5.2 Think Stakeholder
23(3)
1.5.3 Think Execution
26(1)
1.5.4 Think Alignment
27(1)
1.6 Program Manager Skills
28(1)
1.7 Important Information from the Standard
29(1)
1.7.1 Key Tables and Figures to Remember from the Standard
29(1)
1.8 Practice Questions
30(5)
1.8.1 Answer Key
33(1)
Notes
34(1)
2 Understanding Program Management Performance Domains
35(14)
2.1 Overview
35(1)
2.2 Performance Domains and Their Interactions
36(1)
2.3 Linkage between Organizational Strategy, Portfolio Management, and Program Management
36(1)
2.4 Comparison between Projects, Programs, and Portfolios
37(2)
2.5 Key Differences between Program and Project Management
39(5)
2.6 Additional Features of Program Management
44(1)
2.6.1 Longer-Term Orientation and Strategic Goals
44(1)
2.6.2 Resource Allocation
44(1)
2.6.3 Measurement of Success
44(1)
2.7 Practice Questions
45(4)
2.7.1 Answer Key
47(2)
3 Understanding Program Strategic Alignment
49(16)
3.1 Introduction
49(1)
3.2 About Program Strategic Alignment
50(6)
3.2.1 Program Risk Management Strategy
50(6)
3.3 Key Questions for Program Strategic Alignment
56(2)
3.3.1 How to Ensure Alignment between Program Objectives with Organizational or Portfolio Strategies and Stakeholder Considerations to Maximize Program Benefit
57(1)
3.3.2 What Is the Program Roadmap That Guides Program Component Implementation?
58(1)
3.3.3 How to Achieve Superior Program Implementation
58(1)
3.4 Program Strategic Alignment Skills
58(3)
3.4.1 General Program Management Skills
59(2)
3.5 Practice Questions
61(4)
3.5.1 Answer Key
63(1)
Note
63(2)
4 Understanding Program Benefits Management
65(14)
4.1 Introduction
65(1)
4.2 About Program Benefits Management
66(1)
4.3 Key Questions for Program Benefits Management
66(9)
4.3.1 What Are the Program Benefits and How Are They Measured?
66(5)
4.3.2 How Benefits Are Created through Component Execution, Synergy Amongst Components, and Cost Savings
71(3)
4.3.3 How to Monitor, Control, and Verify Benefits Achieved throughout the Program Life Cycle While Sustaining Them in Operations
74(1)
4.4 Program Benefits Management Skills
75(1)
4.5 Practice Questions
75(4)
4.5.1 Answer Key
77(2)
5 Understanding Program Stakeholder Engagement
79(12)
5.1 Introduction
79(1)
5.2 About Program Stakeholder Engagement
80(1)
5.3 Key Questions for Program Stakeholder Engagement
80(6)
5.3.1 Who Are the Stakeholders and What Is Their Relative Priority?
80(4)
5.3.2 How Are Stakeholders Engaged and How Are Detractors Converted to Supporters?
84(2)
5.3.3 How to Develop a Positive Working Relationship with Stakeholders That Will Enhance Program Success
86(1)
5.4 Program Stakeholder Engagement Skills
86(1)
5.5 Practice Questions
87(4)
5.5.1 Answer Key
89(2)
6 Understanding Program Governance
91(14)
6.1 Introduction
91(1)
6.2 About Program Governance
92(1)
6.3 Key Questions for Program Governance
92(8)
6.3.1 How to Design the Optimal Governance Structure for Program
92(6)
6.3.2 What Are Program Governance Roles?
98(1)
6.3.3 What Are Important Governance Decisions?
99(1)
6.4 Program Governance Skills
100(1)
6.5 Practice Questions
101(4)
6.5.1 Answer Key
103(2)
7 Understanding Program Life Cycle Management
105(28)
7.1 Introduction
105(1)
7.2 About Program Life Cycle Management
106(14)
7.2.1 ECO's Program Life Cycle -- Initiating
106(4)
7.2.2 ECO's Program Life Cycle - Planning
110(1)
7.2.3 ECO's Program Life Cycle - Executing
110(10)
7.2.4 ECO's Program Life Cycle - Controlling
120(1)
7.2.5 ECO's Program Life Cycle - Closing
120(1)
7.3 Standard's Program Life Cycle Management
120(9)
7.3.1 Program Definition Phase
120(7)
7.3.2 Program Delivery Phase
127(1)
7.3.3 Program Closure Phase
128(1)
7.4 Program Life Cycle Management Skills
129(1)
7.5 Practice Questions
130(3)
7.5.1 Answer Key
132(1)
8 Understanding Program Activities
133(14)
8.1 Introduction
133(1)
8.2 Program Definition Activities
133(6)
8.2.1 Program Formulation Activities
134(2)
8.2.2 Program Planning Activities
136(3)
8.3 Program Delivery Activities
139(2)
8.4 Program Closure Activities
141(2)
8.5 Practice Questions
143(4)
8.5.1 Answer Key
145(2)
9 Program Management Skills
147(46)
10 Full Practice Tests
193(88)
10.1 Practice Test One
193(37)
10.2 Practice Test Two
230(36)
10.3 Answer Key for Practice Test One
266(7)
10.4 Answer Key lor Practice Test Two
273(8)
Index 281
Dr. Te Wu is the CEO of PMO Advisory, a consulting and a PMI Global Registered Education Provider. It is also one of the few companies offering portfolio (PfMP), program (PgMP), project (PMP/CAPM), risk (PMI-RMP), agile (PMI-ACP), organization leadership & change management, and PMO training. He is also a professor at Montclair State University and China Europe International Business School. Prof. Wu has more than 25 years of professional experience specializing in strategy execution and establishing and leading large PMOs, and he is certified in Portfolio, Program, Project, and Risk Management. He is an active volunteer including serving on PMIs Portfolio Management and Risk Management Standard Core Teams. He is also a United States delegate on the International Standard Organization Technical Committee 258 for Project, Program and Portfolio Management. As a practitioner, executive, teacher, writer, and speaker, Dr. Wu enjoys sharing his knowledge and experiences and networking with other professionals.