certification - Institute of Project Management of Ireland

CERTIFICATION HANDBOOKCERTIFICATIONThe project management competence elements of the PMCBI that are addressed in the interview are a sample based on thegeneral objectives of the assessment of the certification body and the information provided by the candidate or collected from thereferences. Indicative characteristics of the interview are shown below.Table 3: Characteristics of the interviewIPMA Level A IPMA Level B IPMA Level CNumber of Assessors 2 2 2Duration (without reduction in time where there 1 to 1 1 /2 hours 1 to 1 1 /2 hours 1 houris a workshop)Technical competence elements 5-6 6-7 7-8Behavioral competence elements 4-5 3-4 2-3Contextual competence elements 4-5 3-4 2-3Total 13-16 12-15 11-14Certification decisionThe certification body may recommend that a candidate should seek certification at an alternate level, or quit the certificationprocess after defined steps of the certification process.The assessors involved in an assessment are independent and do not respond to questions from the candidates. They can pass oninformation to the candidate about missing or insufficient information in his application that has been identified by the certificationbody and invite the applicant to add it during the next step in the process. The certification body provides the information about thecertification process to the candidate and answers any questions he may have.The Certification Management Board takes the decisions about awarding a pass or fail based mainly upon the recommendation ofthe assessors.All certificates will be registered in the national and IPMA databases and presented as public information on their respectivewebsites unless the applicant has explicitly expressed a wish not to have his name published.Recertification of all successful candidates at each level shall be carried out at an interval of five years.15