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Preparing for PgMP®

(Program Management Professional)

The Project Management Institute (PMI®) sponsors a Program Management Credentialing Program. The purpose and goal of this is the development, maintenance, evaluation, promotion, and administration of a rigorous education, experience and examination-based, professional certification credential of the highest calibre. It is called the Program Management Professional (PgMP®). The PgMP® Credential Program supports the international community of Program Management Professionals and is designed to objectively assess and measure professional knowledge. Preparing for PgMP® gives you the foundation, knowledge, techniques and tools to be fully prepared for the PgMP® exam. This is a course that is based on the PMI® Program Management Body of Knowledge with hand-on exercises of program management best practice and typical exam styled questions.

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Accreditation
Course Code
PM010

Duration
3 training days

What's covered?

The course is broken into the following areas:

  • Topic 1: Application and Eligibility Requirements
  • Topic 2: Defining Program Management and Related Concepts
  • Topic 3: Program Management Life Cycle
  • Topic 4: Program Planning
  • Topic 5: Program Reporting
  • Topic 6: Program Financial Management
  • Topic 7: Evaluating the program
  • Topic 8: Executing the Program
  • Topic 9: Controlling the Program
  • Topic 10: Closing the Program

These sessions cover each program management knowledge area, to provide participants with ‘a-need-to-know’ for the PgMP® exam.

With each session there is a mock exam which is a paper based exam that allows participants to understand performance when answering specific exam-type questions. It also provides a guide on what areas need to be addressed prior to the exam itself.

Who should participate?

This is an exam preparation course that is beneficial for those who are planning to undergo the PgMP® exam. However, it may also be of particular benefit to those who have been extensively working in programs and want to understand ‘best practice’ program management with a view to undertaking the exam in the near future.

What will I learn?

Participants achieve the following learning outcomes from the programme;

  • Identify the steps needed to complete your exam application and meet the required criteria
  • Prepare to pass the PMI® PgMP® certification examination
  • Navigate the 47 processes and 12 knowledge areas of The Standard for Program Management 2nd Edition
  • Use effective program management tools and techniques
  • Identify and implement best practice program management governance
  • Relate program delivery to business / strategic objectives
  • Initiate a large-scale program to implement organisational strategy
  • Manage, plan, execute and control a successful program consisting of multiple, related projects
  • Ensure the realisation of project and program benefits
  • Effectively manage stakeholder relationships
  • Report and control of programs in an effective manner that utilise best practice reporting tools
  • Analyse methods essential for PgMP® exam success
  • Align your program management experience with PgMP® terminology and definitions

Who are the tutors?

Liam Dillon

Liam Dillon specialises in Project Management and Program Management. Liam holds a Master of Science degree in Project Management and is one of the few practitioners to hold multiple project and program management accreditations (PMP®, PMI-ACP®, PMI-RMP®, PMI-SP® and PgMP®) from the Project Management Institute (PMI®). Liam has over 23 years’ professional experience. During that time, he has led some significant global IT and Infrastructure projects and programs for various industries.

Coupled with his industrial experience, Liam spends time training and coaching project managers in USA, Middle-East, Asia and Europe on the topic of project and program management. Liam has served as the President of the Ireland Chapter of PMI and has served as the Chairperson of PMI’s Global Board Volunteer Advisory Group. He has presented both at national and international conferences of the topic of project, program and portfolio management.


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