PgMP Application Process Tips | Completing the Experience Summaries

Tips for Completing the Experience Summaries

• Your answers should be clear and concise and you should use proper English.
• Consider using a word processing application to write/type out your responses and then copy and paste your experience summaries into your application.
• Be sure to address all elements of the Option you select for each experience summary.
• For example, if the Experience Summary Option requires you to describe how you identified and evaluated risks, be sure to give examples of how you identified and evaluated the risks.
• Responses that adequately address all elements of the experience summaries will likely be 200–350 words.
• Program background information provided in the work experience section of your application will be provided to panel reviewers. You do not have to repeat the program description in your responses.
• Please respond in the first person. We are interested in examples of your personal and individual contributions to the program.
• Correct: I developed (or led the development of) the program governance model by…
• Incorrect: The program team/We developed the program governance model by…
• Do not describe program management activities performed by others. Again, we are interested in
• YOUR role.
• Correct: I ensured the program maintained alignment with the organization’s objectives by…
• Incorrect: The program sponsor ensured the program maintained alignment with the organization’s objectives by…
• Describe how you applied program management practices; avoid theoretical responses.
• Do not respond with “textbook” definitions of program management terms. Instead, provide specific examples from your personal experience as a program manager.
• Re-read your responses before submission to ensure that they are correct and complete.

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