PMI - Program Management Professional (PgMP)® certification

Prove your ability to oversee and manage simultaneous projects and their resources on this globally recognised PMI PgMP® course. You’ll gain advanced program management knowledge and become more effective in the implementation of multiple projects.

Learn how to efficiently group projects to achieve more organisational success than if they were managed separately.

Define, create and manage successful programmes

You’ll cover PMI’s model for programme management practices - a framework that concisely and comprehensively describes programme management regardless of business, industry or size of organisation.

On this PgMP course you’ll learn:

• Strategic programme management

• Initiating, planning and executing a programme

• Controlling and monitoring programme processes

• Transition plan execution and programme closing

PgMP is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Seven reasons why you should sit your PgMP course with Firebrand Training

• You'll be PgMP certified in just 3 days. With us, you’ll be PgMP trained in record time

• Our PgMP course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, accommodation and meals. No hidden extras

• Pass PgMP first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We're sure you'll pass your PgMP course first time. But if you don’t, come back within a year, and only pay for accommodation and exams. Everything else is free

• You’ll learn more PgMP. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9am – 5pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day quality learning time, with your instructor

• You’ll learn PgMP faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily

• You’ll be studying PgMP with the best. We have the Q-For quality label, recognising our standards and professionalism in the training market. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified 134561 professionals, and we’re partners with all of the big names in the business

• You'll do more than study PgMP courseware. We use practical exercises to make sure you can apply your new knowledge to the work environment. Our instructors use demonstrations and real-world experience to keep the day interesting and engaging

Benefits

Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need:

• Intensive group instruction

• One-on-one instruction attention

• Hands-on labs

• Lab partner and group exercises

• Question and answer drills

• Independent study

Curriculum

Domain 1: Strategic Programme Management

• Identifying opportunities and benefits that achieve the organisation’s strategic objectives through programme implementation.

Domain 2: Programme Life Cycle

• Initiating: Defining the programme and constituent projects, and obtaining agreement from stakeholders.

• Planning: Defining programme scope and developing the program, including all constituent projects, and all activities that occur within the program.

• Executing: Performing work necessary to achieve the program’s objectives and deliver the program’s benefits.

• Controlling: Monitoring progress, updating programme plans as required, managing change and risk.

• Closing: Finalizing all programme activities, including all constituent projects, executing transition plan, archiving, obtaining approvals and reporting.

Domain 3: Benefits Management

• Defining, creating, maximising and sustaining the benefits provided by programs.

Domain 4: Stakeholder Management

• Capturing stakeholder needs and expectations, gaining and maintaining stakeholder support, and mitigating / channeling opposition.

Domain 5: Governance

• Establishing processes and procedures for maintaining proactive programme management oversight and decision-making support for applicable policies and practices throughout the entire programme management lifecycle.

The framework contains 72 tasks and a core list of 126 knowledge and skills applicable across all domains.

Exam Track

This accelerated course will prepare you to sit your PgMP® exam; the exam is not included.

The PMI PgMP (Program Management Professional)® four hour exam consists of 170 multiple-choice questions.

Note: the exam fee is not included in the course cost.

Once you have gained your certification - to maintain your PgMP, you must earn 60 professional development units (PDUs) every three years.

Prior to being eligible to take the PgMP exam, the delegate must first apply to PMI for a PgMP Panel Review which will assess the delegate’s professional experience. Once the delegate has passed the panel review, they will be eligible to take the PgMP exam. This process takes approximately 60 days to complete.

Program Management Professional (PgMP), PgMP is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

What's Included

Firebrand course material.

Exam voucher available (Please note that advance registration is required)

Please note: Your exam fee is not included in the course price. The exam must be requested and paid directly to PMI. This should be done at least 21 days before the course starts.

PgMP is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *

• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *

• On-site exams **

• Exam vouchers **

• Practice tests **

• Certification Guarantee ***

• Courseware

• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day

• 24-hour lab access

• Digital courseware **

Prerequisites

To apply for the PgMP® certification, you need to have either:

• A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, or the global equivalent), with at least four years (6,000 hours) of project management experience (or PMP) and seven years (10,500 hours) of program management experience within the last 15 years.

• A four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent), with at least four years (6,000 hours) of project management experience (or PMP) and four years (6,000 hours) of program management experience within the last 15 years.

If you have not gained enough experience in project and program management to meet these eligibility requirements, consider the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.

Project Management Professional (PMP) and PgMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.