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IPMA Certification Yearbook 2005 8 International Project Management Association The levels are not restrained to hierarchical thinking. A project management specialist on the IPMA Level D may be, apart from his fundamental knowledge in project management, a highly qualified, experienced and recognised expert in a special field. For example, he or she may own an additional credential in cost management. On each level most professional work can be done for the respective range of tasks and decisions, in a local or regional or national or in an international context. The levels are suitable for career track and maturity models as well as for personnel development and benchmarking programmes of companies and other organisations. The IPMA Level D represents the requirements of the professional associations for project management knowledge provided by the education and training in project management for its use in practice. A member association is responsible for developing and managing its own project management qualification and certification processes and scheme and for establishing the national certification body. IPMA owns and maintains its universal system for validating the national certifications to coordinate and harmonise the certifications regarding the IPMA general structure and principles. 3.3 General Structure and Principles The general structure for all levels is shown in the IPMA Competence Baseline (ICB) which includes the description of the PM competence elements and the taxonomy for the assessment of the project management personnel. The principles for an IPMA validated project management qualification and certification are the content of the Agreement between IPMA and a member association and the IPMA Certification Regulations and Guidelines (ICRG). The following stages are the compulsory elements of the qualification and certification processes: IPMA Level A • application, self-assessment and project portfolio or programme proposal • project director report • interview IPMA Level B • application, self-assessment and project proposal • project report • interview IPMA Level C • application and self-assessment • written exam with direct questions and intellectual tasks • interview IPMA Level D • application and self-assessment • written exam with direct questions and open essays The organisation, the procedures and the forms shall be described in the documentation of the certification body. They should fulfil the requirements of the standard ISO / IEC 17024. It is recommended that each certification body is accredited by the national governmental institute which ideally should be a member of the European Accreditation (EA) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). Version 1.00 / 31.03.2006 © 2005 International Project Management Association
International Project Management Association IPMA Certification Yearbook 2005 9 3.4 Organisation and Administration The Council of IPMA set up the certification validation organisation shown in the figure below. IPMA Council IPMA Executive Board IPMA Certification Validation Management Board Network of National Associations Validators Network of National Certification Bodies with IPMA Certification Validation Panel Figure 2 IPMA Validation Organisation The organisational units are • the national certification bodies (CB) which are designated by the member associations (MA) and are responsible for the qualification and certification scheme and system • the IPMA certification validation panel (CVP), consisting of the representatives of the national certification bodies and their assessors, for exchanging experience and making recommendations for improving IPMA's harmonisation and validation of the certification schemes and systems • the validators who visit the national certification bodies, audit their qualification and certification schemes and systems and recommend improvements • the IPMA certification validation management board (CVMB) which is operating and improving IPMA's universal system for validating the project management qualification and competence schemes and systems of the certification bodies • the IPMA Executive Board and the IPMA Council of Delegates who make the general decisions concerning the qualification and certification system and appoint the management board. IPMA maintains a register of all acknowledged certificates of individuals and organisations awarded by the bodies for certification of all member associations. The certification bodies administer their confidential documentation of the candidates and the personnel of the certification body including the assessors. They process the certification and provide the information about their qualification and certification scheme and system. © 2005 International Project Management Association Version 1.00 / 31.03.2006
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