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Business Segments and International Operations (Revenue from External Customers from Different Geographical Areas) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenue $ 81,381us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 74,538us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
North America [Member]    
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenue 42,125us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember
34,586us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember
EMEA [Member]    
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenue 27,863us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_EMEAMember
29,315us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_EMEAMember
Latin America [Member]    
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenue 4,967us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= prgs_SegmentGeographicalGroupsOfCountriesGroupThreeMember
5,108us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= prgs_SegmentGeographicalGroupsOfCountriesGroupThreeMember
Asia Pacific [Member]    
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]    
Total revenue $ 6,426us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= prgs_SegmentGeographicalGroupsOfCountriesGroupFourMember
$ 5,529us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= prgs_SegmentGeographicalGroupsOfCountriesGroupFourMember