Course Description
As a program manager, you’re a senior-level practitioner at the forefront of advancing your organization’s strategic goals. You manage multiple, related projects in a coordinated way, achieving benefits that could not occur if the projects were handled separately.
Program Management Professional (PgMP)® Certification Training
Your leadership is instrumental. With program management maturity, an organization’s projects are far more successful than without it — 76 percent compared to 54 percent according to our 2015 Pulse of the Profession® report. The Program Management Professional (PgMP)® is a visible sign of your advanced experience and skill and gives you a distinct advantage in employment and promotion.
Who Should Apply?
If you have the proven ability to manage multiple, related projects and navigate complex activities that span functions, organizations, regions, or cultures and align results with organizational goals, then you’re a potential PgMP.
Gain and Maintain Your PgMP
- The first phase of evaluation is the panel review
- The certification exam has 170 multiple-choice questions, and you have four hours to complete it.
- To maintain your PgMP, you must earn 60 professional development units (PDUs) every three years.
Prerequisites
- Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, or the global equivalent)
- 48 months of project management experience OR PMP
- 84 months of program management experience within the last 15 years
Prerequisites 2
- Four-year degree
- 48 months of project management experience OR PMP
- 48 months of program management experience within the last 15 years
