PgMP® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide

✍ Scribed by Ginger Levin, J. LeRoy Ward

• Publisher: Auerbach Publications
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 399
• Series: ESI International Project Management Series
• Edition: 4th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

PgMP^® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide, Fourth Edition is the book you need to pass the Program Management Professional (PgMP^®) exam the first time around. It reflects recent revisions based on PMI^®'s Standard for Program Management - Third Edition (2013).

Based on best practices that complement PMI^®’s standards, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource available to help you prepare for the exam with new and changed terminology. It includes a list of the major topics covered on the exam organized by the five performance domains—strategic program management, program life cycle, benefits management, stakeholder management, and governance—as presented in the Program Management Professional Examination Content Outline. It also includes helpful tips on how to make the most of the time you have available to prepare for the exam.

Just like its bestselling predecessors, this indispensable study guide includes 20 multiple-choice practice questions for each domain along with a comprehensive answer key. The program life cycle domain includes 20 questions for each of the five phases. Each question also has a plainly written rationale for each correct answer with bibliographic references for further study.

Two challenging, 170-question practice tests that simulate the actual exam are included in the book and online, so you can retake them as many times as necessary. They also include a rationale and reference.

Scores for the online tests are presented as if each question is rated similarly, but this edition also includes a new component: the authors’ own weighting system for the level of difficulty for each question. This system will show you what they feel meets the exam’s criteria for Proficient, Moderately Proficient, and below Proficient. You then will see your scores by domain in both approaches.

Supplying an insider's look at the questions, terminology, and sentence construction you will encounter on the day of the exam, this indispensable study tool is designed to help you pass the exam and achieve the highly sought after PgMP^® certification.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Online Practice Test......Page 13
About the Authors......Page 15
List of Acronyms......Page 17
Introduction......Page 19
Strategic Program Management......Page 23
Initiating the Program......Page 41
Planning the Program......Page 59
Executing the Program......Page 77
Controlling the Program......Page 97
Closing the Program......Page 115
Benefits Management......Page 129
Stakeholder Management......Page 145
Governance......Page 165
Practice Test 1......Page 183
Practice Test 2......Page 281
Appendix: Study Matrix......Page 383
References......Page 397
Back Cover......Page 399