📊 PgMP Program Management

An independent, free exam-preparation course built on PMI's publicly described <em>Standard for Program Management</em> and the PgMP Exam Content Outline. It walks through how programs differ from projects and portfolios, the program life cycle, and the five program management performance domains — Strategy Alignment, Benefits Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Governance, and Life Cycle Management — plus the program supporting activities that hold them together. Using visual lessons, worked examples, original self-check questions and a 45-question final exam, it builds exam-ready understanding of the business case, roadmap, benefits realization, program risk and financial management, governance boards and decision gates, program integration, and transition and closure. It is awareness/prep only — not PMI's official course or the PgMP credential exam — and claims no PMI affiliation or endorsement. It maps to PMI PgMP (The Standard for Program Management). The course is organized into 22 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is independent, free exam-preparation training — not an official or accredited review course.

What you'll learn

• Programs, projects and portfolios
• The program life cycle
• The five performance domains
• Domain 1 — Program Strategy Alignment
• Domain 2 — Program Benefits Management
• Domain 3 — Program Stakeholder Engagement
• Domain 4 — Program Governance
• Domain 5 — Program Life Cycle Management
• Program supporting activities
• The program business case
• The program roadmap
• Benefits realization &amp; the benefits register
• Program risk management
• Program financial management
• Stakeholder analysis
• Governance boards &amp; decision gates
• Program integration management
• Program transition &amp; closure
• Program schedule &amp; resource management
• Tailoring &amp; the program management plan
• PgMP eligibility &amp; application
• Exam strategy — panel review &amp; multiple-choice

Learning objectives

• Distinguish projects, programs and portfolios — and explain when work should be managed as a program rather than a set of standalone projects.
• Walk the program life cycle from definition through delivery to closure, and place each performance domain within it.
• Master the five program management performance domains: Strategy Alignment, Benefits Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Governance, and Life Cycle Management.
• Build a program business case and translate organizational strategy into a program roadmap and component plan.
• Plan, measure, transition and sustain benefits using a benefits realization plan and benefits register.
• Run program-level risk, financial, schedule and resource management across interdependent components.
• Perform stakeholder analysis and design an engagement and communications approach for a complex stakeholder landscape.
• Establish governance boards, decision gates and tailored controls so the program steering committee can make go/no-go decisions.
• Manage program integration, change, transition and orderly closure — handing benefits to operations.
• Apply an exam strategy for both the PgMP panel review and the multiple-choice exam.
• Pass a 45-question exam (80% to earn your certificate).