*This course is available in eTraining format. If you choose to take up this course in eTraining format, there is a 42-days windows to complete the course.

Developed with the input of certified Program Management Professionals (PgMPs), ESI’s PgMPSM Exam Preparation course provides participants with a foundation for understanding the nuances and details of the Project Management Institute’s PgMPSM certification exam. The course, facilitated by a certified PgMPSM, will focus your studies on the information you will need in order to successfully prepare for and pass the PgMPSM certification exam. This course is not designed to instruct you in the basics of program management, but instead to review those concepts and guide you on the terminology and the approach taken in the PgMPSM exam.

As a result of taking this course, you will become familiar with the types of questions on the PgMPSM exam, describe PMI’s perspective on how program management is conducted – including the phases of a program and the three themes of program management (benefits management, stakeholder management, and governance management), and determine what approach to use when you do not know the answer to an exam question. You will use practice exams to gain a better understanding of the concepts and approach used in the PgMPSM exam.

PgMPSM Exam Preparation is for the program manager who has a solid understanding of program management and is now prepared to take the exam, but wants to ensure that the terminology, practices and approaches that he or she uses mirror the way they are expressed on the exam.

Participants will receive ESI’s PgMPSM Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, featuring hundreds of sample questions and answers compiled by certified Program Management Professionals with first-hand experience taking the PgMPSM exam.

Note: This course does not cover the PgMPSM application process, but rather is designed to teach you how to pass the exam.

Foundations of Program Management

a.Overview of Programs and Program Management
b.The Three Themes of Program Management
c.The Program Life Cycle

Defining the Program

a.What Is Involved in Program Definition?
b.Making the Business Case
c.Identifying Program Stakeholders and Developing the Stakeholder Management Plan
d.Establishing Program Governance Procedures

Initiating the Program

a.What Is Program Initiation?
b.Establishing a Program Governance Structure
c.Authorizing Constituent Projects
d.Creating the Program Team and the Program Office
e.Planning for Program Benefits
f.Analyzing Stakeholder Expectations

Planning the Program

a.What Is Program Planning?
b.Planning for Benefits Management
c.Communicating to Program Stakeholders
d.The Importance of the Program Management Plan
e.Scope Definition and the Program Work Breakdown Structure
f.Communications Planning
g.Interface and Transition Planning
h.Schedule, Cost, and Resource Planning
i.Quality Planning
j.Risk Management Planning and Analysis
k.Planning Purchases, Acquisitions, and Contracts

Executing the Program

a.What Is Program Execution?
b.Executing the Program
c.Performing Quality Assurance
d.Acquiring and Developing the Program Team
e.Managing the Procurement and Contract Process
f.Distributing Program Information to Stakeholders

Controlling the Program

a.What Is Program Control?
b.Monitoring Program Benefits
c.Integrated Change Control
d.Monitoring Program Scope and Performing Quality Control
e.Controlling Program Resources, Cost, and Schedule
f.Managing Program Issues and Risks
g,Reporting Program Performance to Stakeholders and the Governance Board
h.Program Contract Administration

Closing the Program

a.What Is Program Closeout?
b.Closing the Program
c.Closing Out Program Components
d.Closing Out Program Contracts
e.Managing the Program Transition Plan