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PMIPMI Program Management Professional (PgMP)
The PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification validates your advanced experience and skill in managing multiple, related projects and complex programs to achieve strategic organizational objectives. It is designed for senior program managers who oversee a portfolio of projects and are accountable for delivering business results. Earning the PgMP demonstrates your ability to align programs with strategy and lead cross-functional teams to success.
Exam formatMultiple choice
Duration240 minutes
DeliveryPMI
Free questions583
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP) proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
5domains
21objectives
131concepts
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification is a globally recognized credential for senior program managers who are responsible for the coordinated management of multiple projects and related activities to achieve strategic goals. It validates your ability to oversee complex programs, manage interdependencies, allocate resources effectively, and deliver benefits that align with the organization's overarching strategy.
Earning the PgMP demonstrates that you possess the advanced leadership, governance, and stakeholder management skills required to navigate the challenges of large-scale initiatives. The certification process includes a rigorous panel review of your experience and a comprehensive exam that tests your knowledge across the full program management lifecycle, from definition and delivery to closure and benefits realization.
Who it’s for
This certification is for experienced program managers who lead multiple, related projects and are accountable for delivering strategic outcomes. It is ideal for professionals who manage a portfolio of projects, coordinate cross-functional teams, and are responsible for aligning program results with organizational goals. You are a senior practitioner with significant experience in program management, comfortable with complexity, and focused on benefits realization and stakeholder engagement. You are ready to demonstrate your expertise at a strategic level and distinguish yourself as a leader in the field.
Recommended experience
A minimum of four years of project management experience and four years of program management experience, or a secondary degree with a minimum of four years of project management experience and seven years of program management experience. Leading the definition, planning, and execution of complex programs; Managing program budgets, resources, and stakeholder expectations; Aligning program outcomes with strategic business objectives; Overseeing the work of project managers and cross-functional teams
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective PMI measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official PMI exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Strategic Program Alignment
- Define Program Direction and Alignment
- Develop Program Roadmap and Financial Framework
- Obtain Approval and Authorization
- Identify Integration Opportunities and Strategic Change
Program Life Cycle Management
- Initiating
- Planning
- Executing
- Monitoring & Controlling
- Closing
Benefits Management
- Benefits Definition
- Benefits Analysis
- Benefits Sustainment
- Benefits Transition
- Benefits Reporting
Stakeholder Engagement
- Stakeholder Identification and Analysis
- Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
- Stakeholder Relationship and Risk Management
Governance
- Establish Governance Framework
- Monitor and Control Program Performance
- Manage Knowledge and Continuous Improvement
- Ensure Strategic Alignment
On the day
The exam itself
Everything PMI publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate's degree, or global equivalent) and 6,000 hours of project management experience and 10,500 hours of program management experience.
CertificationPMI Program Management Professional (PgMP)
Exam formatMultiple choice
Duration240 minutes
DeliveryPMI
LanguagesEnglish
Certification levelProfessional
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path PMI lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP)
PrerequisiteA secondary degree (high school diploma, associate's degree, or global equivalent) and 6,000 hours of project management experience and 10,500 hours of program management experience.
Credential earnedPMI Program Management Professional (PgMP) Professional level certification Renewal and maintenance
PgMP certification holders must earn 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs) every three years to maintain their certification. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. PMI maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by PMI
Exam registration
Register for the exam through PMI, PMI’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official PMI certification page for exam policies and requirements.
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Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
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Questions people ask
How does the PgMP certification relate to the PMP certification?
The PgMP is a higher-level credential for program managers, while the PMP is for project managers. The PgMP focuses on managing multiple, related projects as a single program to achieve strategic objectives, whereas the PMP focuses on the management of individual projects. They are separate certifications with different experience requirements.
Is there a hands-on or lab component in the PgMP exam?
No. The PgMP exam is a multiple-choice examination. It does not include a hands-on or lab-based component.
What is the retake policy if I fail the PgMP exam?
PMI's retake policy allows you to take the exam up to three times within a 12-month eligibility period. If you fail, you must wait at least 30 days before your second attempt and another 90 days before your third attempt.
What job roles does the PgMP credential map to?
The PgMP is designed for senior program managers, portfolio managers, and directors of program management who are responsible for overseeing multiple projects and aligning them with organizational strategy.
Can I recertify by passing a different PMI exam?
No. The PgMP certification is maintained by earning Professional Development Units (PDUs). Passing another PMI exam does not automatically renew the PgMP credential.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 583 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept PMI measures — each one written out.
5domains
21objectives
131concepts
124free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official PMI exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Strategic Program Alignment113 questions
2Program Life Cycle Management154 questions
3Benefits Management128 questions
4Stakeholder Engagement87 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Define Program Direction and Alignment6 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
28 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
583 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
583questions
124pages
21objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Strategic Program Alignment113 questions
2Program Life Cycle Management154 questions
3Benefits Management128 questions
4Stakeholder Engagement87 questions
5Governance101 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
131concepts
583free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from PMI
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
131concepts mapped
The source
PMI’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official PMI outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 21 objectives, 131 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When PMI changes the outline, this page changes with it.
21objectives on the outline→131concepts written→583free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.