Program Management Professional (PgMP)^®

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At this time, we are experiencing a surge in applications for Program Management Professional (PgMP)^®. We ask for your patience as the panel review process may currently take up to 60 days to complete. Our service always continues to remain our top priority, and we continue to look forward to supporting you now and into the future.

As a program manager, you’re a senior-level practitioner on 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.

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 to align results with organizational goals, then you’re a potential PgMP.

Gain and Maintain Your PgMP

First phase of evaluation is 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

Four-year degree
48 months of project management experience OR PMP
48 months of program management experience within the last 15 years

Exam Fee

Member: $800.00
Non-member: $1,000.00

For complete details on the eligibility requirements, see the PgMP Handbook. If you’re not yet qualified for the PgMP, consider the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.