Certification
Status
2004 update by Bill Duncan
Certifying
Competence, Not Knowledge
It's clear that one of the major needs of the
project management profession in the US is for a competence-based assessment
of project managers. Both
public and private sector managers have made it clear that they want
more than the knowledge-based credentials that are currently available.
asapm's Certified Project Manager program continues to make significant
progress toward accomplishing this goal.
Bill Duncan, Director of Standards, has completed a draft of Performance-Based
Competence Standards for three levels of project manager. The draft was
reviewed by Lew Ireland, Stacy Goff, and Ron Waller during a two-day
PMCert planning meeting in mid-February. Bill plans to have a draft ready
for public review sometime in early April.
Performance-based competence standards (PBCS, also called outcome-based
competence standards) are widely used outside project management throughout
the US and the rest of the world to assess job-based competence. When
done, the asapm standard will include around 100 specific "performance
criteria" that will form the core of the aCPMTM
assessment process. Project managers who apply for certification will provide
evidence that they have satisfied these criteria in order to become certified.
One of the key thrusts of the February review session was to ensure
that asapm's performance criteria will represent more than just a checklist
of good practice, that they will truly represent what competent project
managers do on the job.
The February planning meeting also made significant progress in defining
the administrative processes and procedures needed to run a highly professional
certification program. Ron Waller has taken the lead in this area and
has done a stellar job. When implemented, asapm's program is expected
to satisfy all relevant US and international standards for professional
certification programs.
First Offering Delayed
The planning team also made the very difficult decision to delay availability
of the certification until late 2004. Although people are already asking
for applications, the risk of poor quality was simply judged to be too
great.
We are still in need of several types of participants or volunteers
to support the program.
Click here for Last Quarter's Certification
Status Update.
Click here for the PMCert website, with more aCPP information.
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