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IPMA Certification Yearbook 2005 6 International Project Management Association 3 Four Level Certification Programmes 3.1 Overview The International Project Management Association (IPMA) is a non-profit organisation, whose function is to be the prime promoter of project management (PM) internationally. IPMA started in 1965, under its former name of INTERNET, as a forum for the exchange of experience amongst project managers of international projects. It hosted its first international conference in 1967 in Vienna, and since that time has developed steadily, as indeed has the discipline of project management itself. The membership of IPMA is primarily of national project management associations. The about 40 member associations serve the specific needs of project management professionals in their own country in their own language. IPMA develops those needs at the international and global levels. To achieve this aim IPMA has developed a number of services encompassing research and development, education and training, standards and certification as well as conferences, seminars and workshops supported by a range of publications. In addition to its member associations, there are a number of other cooperating organisations and individual members who work with IPMA to promote project management internationally. An individual or company automatically supports IPMA if they become a member of a project management association which is a member of IPMA. If there is no Member Association in a country, then direct ‘international’ membership is available to them and the certification can be done with an existing certification body. The benefits of membership include: • Extensive networking opportunities • Promotion and support for conferences • Panels and workshops for exchange of experience • Internationally recognised qualification and certification • Participation in international research projects • International award • Bi-monthly International Journal • Quarterly Newsletter • Reduced entry fee for conferences. 3.2 Certification System On June 14, 1998 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the IPMA Council confirmed the establishment of IPMA's universal four level system which was approved on February 28, 1998 in Bled. The certification programmes in project management were then going to be realised by the Member Associations. The certification schemes and systems of the certification bodies (as defined in the ISO/IEC standard 17024) shall be an incentive for the project managers and the members of the project management teams (i.e. the project management personnel) to • expand and improve their technical, behavioural and contextual PM competence • continue their education and experience in PM • improve the quality of project management • last but not least – achieve the project objectives better. Version 1.00 / 31.03.2006 © 2005 International Project Management Association
International Project Management Association IPMA Certification Yearbook 2005 7 The benefits of the certification are • for the project management personnel: an internationally acknowledged certificate of their PM competence • for the suppliers of project management services: a demonstration of their employees' professional competence • for the clients: more certainty to get the state-of-the-art services from project management professionals. For these purposes, a variety of competence elements of the project management personnel concerning the knowledge and experience in the technical, behavioural and contextual range are assessed. IPMA developed the universal four-level concept for the certification processes and scheme. The certification processes, scheme and system of a certification body that abides by the rules of IPMA will be validated and revalidated on a regular basis by IPMA. The main requirements for each level are derived from typical activities, responsibilities and requirements from practice. The IPMA four level certification is now shown as follows: Title Competence Certification Process Validity Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Certified Projects Director (IPMA Level A) A Projects director report Certified Senior Project Manager (IPMA Level B) Certified Project Manager (IPMA Level C) knowledge, experience B C Project report Written exam. Options: work-shop, short project report Application, Curriculum vitae, project list, references, self assessment Interview 5 years Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D) knowledge D Application, Curriculum vitae, self assessment Written exam not limited option: 10 years Figure 1 IPMA Four Level Certification System IPMA Level A Certified Projects Director Shall be able to direct all projects of a company or branch or all projects of a programme. IPMA Level B Certified Senior Project Manager Shall be able to manage complex projects him / herself. IPMA Level C Certified Project Manager Shall be able to manage non-complex projects him / herself and / or to assist the manager of a complex project in all competence elements of project management. IPMA Level D Certified Project Management Associate Shall have the project management knowledge in all competence elements. © 2005 International Project Management Association Version 1.00 / 31.03.2006
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