PMI-PgMP: Program Management Professional
Are you PMP Certified? If your answer is yes, then it’s time to consider one of the most desired and coveted designations in the world. Only a few thousand practitioners are PgMP Certified. Now it’s your turn to be part of this elusive club!!
The Program Management Professional (PgMP)® is a representation of a professional’s advanced experience and skills and puts one in the path of excellence.
It’s time now to take your organizational skills to a higher level of maturity. Education Edge takes pride in introducing the PgMP certification conducted by 2 stalwarts in Project Leadership. If you are a Sr. Project Manager, Program manager, Portfolio Manager or in any leadership role, then PgMP Certification is for you. PgMP certification remains one of the most elusive and respected designations across the globe. Education Edge is one of the few PMI Training providers to facilitate PgMP Training.
All our recent PgMP certified professionals are now senior-level practitioners and in the forefront of advancing their organization’s strategic as well as business goals. As a program manager, you would manage multiple, similar, related projects, programs and subprograms focused on delivering the organizational benefits.
Why get PgMP certified?
Who is a Program Manager?
A program is a collection of various projects connected with each other towards a specific common goal. A program manager shoulders the responsibility of multiple related projects and oversees their strategies and success. Evidently, program management demands an exceptional acumen in managerial abilities and coordination besides excellence in project management. A program manager possesses significant experience in the industry, communicates effectively and is adept in cross-functional collaboration.
Advantages of Program Management
The PMI PgMP certification recognizes and validates a professional’s advanced experience, managerial skills and performance in overseeing a program. Acute and smooth coordination in the management of interrelated projects has proven to be more lucrative and successful than an individually supervised project. 76% of the projects are successful under program management while only 54% projects succeed under individual management.
The PgMP certification guarantees:
- A high paying, competitive remuneration
- Opportunities for promotions
- Higher designation and job roles
Why choose Education Edge as your preferred PgMP Training Partner?
Globally, only a few thousand program managers are PgMP certified and education edge is one of the fewer premium institutions that provides PMI authorized PgMP training. At education edge we believe in accessible but thorough education and our PgMP training is aligned with this core value. Our consistent 5 star ratings are a testimonial to our perpetual excellence.
Program Management at education edge course offers:
- 30 Hours of interactive learning
- Weekly reviews and quizzes emphasizing on progressive learning
- Mock PMI-PgMP exams
- 100% money back guarantee- either we get you PgMP certified or give your money back
- Constant post course support with PgMP application submission and audit.
If you aim to dominate the world of management and earn your PMI PgMP certification, enroll with us and train with the absolute best in the industry.
Who can apply for PgMP certification?
The PMI-PgMP certification demonstrates and validates the skills and experience of a program manager who is accountable for the coordinated and successful management of numerous related projects. A substantial experience and expertise in project management is an essential eligibility to apply for the Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification. Other eligibility requirements are:
In case of a high school diploma or associate degree
In case of a four-year degree such as bachelor’s or higher.
| Project Management Experience | Program Management Experience |
|---|---|
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At least 4 years or 6000 hours of unique and separate professional experience in project management |
At least 7 years or 10,500 hours of unique and separate professional experience in program management |
| Project Management Experience | Program Management Experience |
|---|---|
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At least 4 years or 6000 hours of unique and separate professional experience in project management |
At least 4 years or 6000 hours of unique and separate professional experience in program management. |
All the above project and program management experience must be acquired within the last 15 consecutive years.
How to Apply?
1. Submit your PgMP application: within 90 days
If you possess the required project and program management experience, you can begin an online application to apply for the PMI-PgMP certification. Once started, you must complete and submit the application within 90 days or three-months. Education Edge provides complete assistance with your PgMP application and guarantees application approval.
2. Review of Applications’ completeness: takes 10 days
Once you have successfully completed and submitted the PgMP application, a review will be conducted to assess the accuracy and completeness of the experience record provided in the application.
Enrolling for PgMP training with education edge ensures that your application includes all the required valid information and gets approved without any hiccups.
3. PMI-PgMP audit (if selected): within 90 days
Upon selection for the PMI Audit process, the applicant is required to submit his/her academic transcripts and signatures of project managers and supervisors as recorded in the experience verification section. All the audit materials must be provided together within 90 days.
Education Edge offers effective guidance with respect to PgMP audit and makes the procedure simple and foolproof.
4. Pay your PgMP exam fee
Once you successfully complete the PMI audit, you will be able to pay the PgMP certification fee. The fee structure is tabulated below:
| Exam type | PMI-Membership status | US Dollars |
|---|---|---|
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Center Based Testing (CBT) Or Paper Based Testing (PBT) |
member |
$800 |
|
Center Based Testing (CBT) Or Paper Based Testing (PBT) |
non-member |
$1000 |
5. PgMP evaluation
5a. Panel Review: takes approximately 4 weeks
After the successful payment of the PgMP certification fee, a panel of certified PgMP professionals will volunteer to assess your project and program management experience provided in the PgMP application. It is mandatory to pass the panel review to be able to sit for the PgMP exam. The panel review takes about 4 weeks to complete.
5b. The PgMP exam
The PgMP examination contains 170 multiple choice questions (MCQs) with a duration of 4 hours. The PgMP exam is designed according to the following framework.
| Domains and subdomains | Percentage of questions |
|---|---|
|
Domain 1 Strategic Program Management |
15% |
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Domain 2 Program Life Cycle Initiating Planning Executing Controlling Closing |
44% 6% 11% 14% 10% 3% |
|
Domain 3 Benefits Management |
11% |
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Domain 4 Stakeholder Management |
16% |
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Domain 5 Governance |
14% |
After the successful submission and panel review of the PgMP application, you must clear the PgMP exam within 1 year. During this 1 year, you are granted three attempts to pass the certification exam
How to stay certified?
Once you successfully pass the PgMP exam and earn our certification, your certification cycle commences. To retain the PgMP credential, the professional is mandated to earn and report 60 professional development units (PDUs) within the 3-year certification cycle. Failure to do so within the three-year cycle would result in the suspension of the credential for 1 year. If the PgMP professional still fails to comply with the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR), the credential expires, post which, the professional would need to re-apply and re-take the PgMP examination.