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The Program Manager's PMP
J. LeRoy is ExecVP, International Institute for Learning.
The process for earning the new Program Management Professional (PgMP) credential is much more involved than the PMP. Here is a look at the differences between the two, and the criteria to earn each of them — from one of the 100 or so people who has earned both.
In the fall of 2007, the Project Management Institute (PMI) introduced a new credential, the Program Management Professional (PgMP), to certify skills in the discipline of program management. The new credential was the result of PMI identifying key business drivers and acknowledging the next stage in the development and maturation of the discipline. Since the PgMP is new to the industry — there are approximately100 PgMP-certified professionals worldwide (compared to more than 270,000 PMPs) — a comparison with the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential will help program managers to understand whether they should consider getting their PgMP.
The two business drivers behind the new certification provide interesting context for program managers to consider. For one, while program management had its origins in the 1950s with the facilitation of large weapons systems development programs undertaken by the U.S. Department of Defense, it is still largely considered to be a nascent discipline, particularly in the commercial sector. As program management has migrated beyond the government…
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