PMICer(fica(oninprogrammanagementMyPgMPexperiencetohelpPgMPaspirants…
CélineDurnez,March2015,update02/09/15
Statistics(August2015)
• Totalcer<fiedPgMP:1406in63countries– UnitedStates764(54%)– Canada109– India92– UAE34– Australia31– SaudiArabia30– China24– France24– Singapore23– Brazil20– Switzerland18– UK18– Germany16– SouthAfrica16– Ireland15– Jordan12– Qatar12
• In2015,justin6months213newPgMPsareadded.Thisnumberismuchmorethananyofthepreviousyears.
• CompletelistavailableonPMIwebsite:h]ps://cer<fica<on.pmi.org/registry.aspx
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Youwilldoit!
Dear colleague,
I hope this document will help you to save your precious time, Personally, I did not find the PgMP exam itself very different from the PMP exam.
However I found the exam preparation more complex because resources and experiences are still limited and/or not perfectly known. This makes the learning process sometimes uncertain and ambiguous …
This journey is a great opportunity to develop knowledge with passionate colleagues from all over the world who believe program management can really help organizations to capture more benefits and develop further the world !
Cheers,
Celine.
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• Overview• Applica<onexperience• Resources• Ar<facts• Sta<s<cs• Thanks@Encouragements
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Overviewofmyjourney
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FurtherworkonconceptsLinkedingroupWorkonlinewithothersCoachingHarishBuildmyownar<facts
Itwillbealotofwork…
Greatmyapplica(on
wasaccepted!
Stuckat50%ofcorrectanswers:howcanIprogress?
Iamready!
70%ofwork
It took me about 6 months and I think 150-200 hours to prepare the certification (2 or 3 times more than PMP). But I could have saved many hours, by working together with other world wide applicants and building my own artifacts from the very beginning…
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Applicationexperience• Read the standard first to link PMI perspective to your experience
• Develop an excel sheet for your experience, to calculate hours per domain
• Make sure that all your references are OK to certify your experience
• In writing your application : – Put you from ‘strategic perspective’, despite you might first think about you have done it, express the WHY, your
strategic approach – Use the “I” style instead of the “We” in order to point out what YOU did – Ask somebody (if possible a PgMP) to read it to check if it is understandable without knowing your context
• Other comments :– This exercise took much more time than for PMP, and is a very good way to reflect one’s experience and think
about it. I asked review by people who were references.– It helps to do it directly on line to get words counting : you can save your application until completed.– A challenge I faced : In my program management experience, I did not complete all programs I had started
because of moving to other roles or maternity leaves : I simply referred to the experience I effectively worked and wrote that I made a hand over to another program manager.
My application was accepted in less than 10 days, without any audit.
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Resources(1/2)
A few personal comments about uncertainty and ambiguity sometimes in preparation …
– The standard is very synthetic and some concepts are ‘implied’, not always detailed;
– There are sometimes some differences between standard & ECO
– There are sometimes non consensual questions and interpretations…
– Questions available on internet are not always correct
– Experience helps, but before relying on it for the exam, PMI way should be considered first
– The scope of knowledge is wider than just the standard and can refer to PMBOK or other PMI sources when applicable to program management
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Resources(2/2)
!Helpfultodownloadelectronicversiontolookfrokeywords
DrGingerLevinPrac<ceques<ons+2examtests "
!veryhelpfultoassimilatestandardandECO.Wouldrecommendtostartwiththebookbeforetheonebelow.
OtherscoreresourcesavailableonPMIwebsite:• Examina<onContentOnline• PMILexicon• PMICodeofEthics• PMBOK:mainlytechniques
andtoolssec<onsofallprocesses
JeanGouix&Mar<alBellecPrac<ceques<ons+1examtest! veryhelpfultotestthecombina<onofyourknowledgeandexperience.Prac<ceques<ons+1examtest
LinkedinGroup!DirectcontacttoDrGinger&JeanGouix,learningssharingfromapplicants,greatinterna<onalcommunity
CoachingHarish(AddonSkills)• Personalizedcoachingsessions
oncertainconcepts• Ques<onsbanks• Ques<on/answerssessions
withotherapplicants.• Lessonslearntwithsuccessful
applicants!Reallyhelpedmetoboostmyknowledge,trainwithabout400verygoodques<onsand
reallypreparetheexam.
Myownar<facts…!toassimilate,makelinksinyourmind,buildingyourownthingshelpsalot
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ArtifactsMakeyoursynthesisofkeyconcepts
IstruggledwithECOun<lIrealizedtaskswerenotsequen<al(exceptini<a<ngandclosing)andmostoftheques<onswhereaskedontaskbasis.Ifinallymadeapuzzledecomposingeachtask«what,how,whatfor»:thishelpedmealot
Each<meIunderstoodsomethingnew,Iupdatedmyar<facts.
ECOpuzzle:funnyandefficient!
Yourownglossary:e.g- “Define”benefits<>“Iden<fy”benefits- “Close”or“terminate”theprogram<>
closure- Staffingmanagementplanismen<onedin
PMBOKandPMIlexicon,
Useandsharewhatyouhavejustlearnt:e.g- Inmyjob,Istartedusingnewwords,
implemen<ngnewthings- Isharedwithmyteamanintroduc<onto
programmanagementbasedonourcommonexperience.
«Blanksheets»veryhelpfultheweekbeforetheexamtorefreshknowledgeeverydayandlastgaps….
Processes ToolsPMBOK
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Feelfreecontactme:
SinceApril2016,togetherwithmybusinesspartnerHarish,weproposetoaccompany
AspirantsontheirPgMPjourney:
http://achievup.com/pgmp-certification-preparation-online-coaching/
CelineDurnezCer<fiedPMPandPgMP
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