Program Management Professional (PgMP®)
Advance Your Organization’s Strategic Goals
Program Management is the next logical career step for professional project managers leading larger and more complex initiatives. To some, program management is viewed as the top of the “technical project management” professional ladder.
42% higher
Program Managers with the PgMP certification can earn as much as 42% more than non-PgMP program professionals.
With less than 3,000 certified PgMPs currently in the world, this certification provides a definitive advantage for project professionals seeking growth and recognition.
Program Management Certification
Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification recognizes demonstrated experience, skill, and performance in the oversight of multiple, related projects that are aligned with organizational objectives. The PgMP certification is designed for those who manage programs that contain complex activities spanning functions, organizations, geographic regions and cultures, who build credibility, establish rapport and maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels (including those external to the organization), and who possess advanced skills in finance, cross-cultural awareness, leadership, communication, influence, negotiation and conflict resolution.
The PgMP exam is significantly more challenging than the PMP exam:
- Program managers need to understand project management. For example, in the current standard for program management, the traditional project lifecycle is fully embedded.
- Program managers need to have more advanced understanding of business benefits, which taps into the realm of portfolio management.
- The exam itself is much more experienced based than PMP exam, and this simply memorizing inputs, outputs, tools, and techniques would not suffice.
If you want to join this rather exclusive club of about 3,000 professionals, then PgMP credential is the clear choice.
PgMP course is comprehensive using multi-modal learning including lecture, class discussions, case studies, hands-on exercises (individual and group), and questions and answers.
Course Objectives
- What are Program and what is Program Management
- The interaction between Portfolio Management, Program / Project Management and Organization Strategy
- Role of the Program Manager and other key roles in Program Management
- Five Program Management Performance Domains and interactions among them
As the PgMP certification is the most elite PMI qualification, credential holders will gain a distinct advantage in employment and promotional opportunities over their peers and this course is ideally suited for current program, project, and portfolio managers, along with VPs/AVPs, PMO Directors / PMO consultants.
Target Audience
The target groups for the PgMP Certification are:
- Senior project managers and directors who are leading large and complex organization initiatives
- PMO managers who are managing large projects with the imperative of developing a more program perspective
- Up and coming project professionals who are ready to take reign of larger projects and programs
We also have seen a high number of senior project operational professionals who are involved in leading and operating transformative projects and programs in their organizations.
Who will benefit from the course?
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Manage, plan, execute and control a successful program consisting of multiple, related projects
- Use effective program management tools and techniques
- Identify and implement best practices in program management governance
- Relate program delivery to business / strategic objectives
- Initiate a large-scale program to implement organizational strategy
- Ensure project and program benefits realization & effective stakeholder relationships management
- Analyze methods essential for PgMP exam success
- Align your program management experience with PgMP terminology and definitions
PgMP® Certification Exam Details
Candidates must take the PgMP certification exam within twelve months of passing the PMI Panel Review phase. The exam consists of 150 multiple-choice questions and lasts four hours.
Candidates may not bring any materials into the examination room, but they are provided with either blank paper and pencils or a marker board and markers.
Here is a breakdown of the major knowledge domains covered by the PgMP exam, with an approximate percentage of how many questions are dedicated to each domain:
- Strategic Program Management (15 percent)
- Program Life Cycle (44 percent)
- Benefits Management (11 percent)
- Stakeholder Management (16 percent)
- Governance (14 percent)
Candidates who do not pass the PgMP exam on their first attempt may retake the exam up to two more times in the one-year qualification period.
Candidates who do not pass the exam after three attempts must wait twelve months from the last exam attempt before reapplying for the PgMP.
PgMP® Certification Exam Details
PgMP certification candidates must meet some advanced requirements to earn the designation.
To qualify for the PgMP credential, candidates must have one of the following sets of education and experience:
- A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate degree or global equivalent), with a minimum of four years of project management experience and seven years of program management experience
- A four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or global equivalent), with a minimum of four years of project management experience and four years of program management experience
If a candidate meets one of the above requirements, they can proceed to the next step of the PgMP application process, known as the Panel Review. In this phase, a panel of certified program managers reviews the candidate’s application and performs an assessment of the candidate’s professional experience.
PMI provides detailed information about the application process that candidates can refer to when creating their applications. For more information about the PgMP application process, visit the PgMP page on the PMI website. Candidates who make it passed the Panel Review must then pass the PgMP certification exam.
PgMP® Coaching Fee
- 1000 USD
(Prevailing Parity PKR-USD will be applied)
PgMP® Training Fee
Member: $500.00
Non-member: $550.00
- Pak Rupees to USD Parity is assumed at Rs. 250
- Prevailing Parity PKR-USD will be applied
