PgMP: Program Management Professional Study Guide

The leading test prep book on the market for the new PgMP certification exam

Take charge of your career with a new certification that proves that you can lead the management of multiple projects in the workplace. This comprehensive book prepares you for the all-new Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification exam developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the same organization that administers the popular Project Management Professional (PMP) exam. Inside this practical test prep guide, you'll find key concepts and terms, case studies, review questions, and much more, including:

• Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you're getting the instruction you need for the exam
• Practical hands-on exercises to reinforce critical skills
• Real-world scenarios that put what you've learned in the context of actual job roles
• Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you for exam day
• Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter that identifies critical areas you must become proficient in before taking the exam
• A handy tear card that maps every official exam objective to the corresponding chapter in the book, so you can track your exam prep objective by objective

Look inside for complete coverage of all exam objectives.

About the Author

One of the world’s leading experts in project and program management, Dr. Paul Sanghera is a manager, educator, technologist, and entrepreneur, and has 15 years of diverse project and program management experience in the computer industry, from Netscape to MP3, and at research labs, from Cornell to CERN. Having worked in various roles, including director of project management, director of software development, software developer, trainer, and scientist, he has a broad view of project and program management. Expertise in multiple application areas including physics, computer science, RFID, and nanotechnology enabled him to climb to the mountaintop of project/program management. Dr. Sanghera has several industry certifications, including PMP, CAPM, Project+, Network+, Linux+, SCJP, and SCBCD, and has contributed to building world-class technologies such as Netscape Communicator and Novell’s NDS. As an engineering manager, he has been at the ground floor of several startups and has been a lecturer at San Jose State University and Brooks College. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 technical papers published in well-reputed European and American research journals. Paul is the best-selling author of several books on technology and project management, including PMP in Depth. Dr. Sanghera has a Master’s degree in computer science from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in physics from Carleton University. He currently lives in Silicon Valley, where he runs an information company, Infonential Inc., that specializes in project management and emerging technologies.