Purpose
One way the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (asapm) advances
the state of modern Project Management practice is to move Project Manager education and learning
opportunities beyond simple knowledge transfer and into skills, behavioral attributes and Competence. The asapm Competence
Model, together with our Education, Certification and Standards programs, us accomplish that goal.
Release 3.7 asapm Competence Model Is Now Available for Vista and Windows 7
Release 3.0 of the asapm Competence Model was one
of this site's most popular downloads ever! Now we have released an update, based on our updated USA
National Competence Baseline. The new release is especially designed to work with Microsoft Vista and newer versions, requiring storing database files outside of the Program Files folder. This release saves to your c:\ drive. It continues to cover the range of PM Roles in our 4-Level Competence-based certification program,
plus Project Sponsors, Resource Managers, and Project or Program Office participants.
Free licenses for CompModel 3.7 are available to asapm members and website guests.
To skip this descriptive and background information and jump to the page to request your download, click here.
 The CompModel Parts and Roles
PM CompModel Application: A database application that contains the model, and helps you assess and report
your stakeholders’ Competence strengths and gaps.
The PM Competence Model: A structured list of the minimum Competences that Project Managers
and key stakeholders must demonstrate—with the target knowledge and Competence levels for each.
Note that some of the roles shown in the diagram at right and listed below are candidates for Performance-Competence-based Certification by asapm; the others must also be competent to achieve consistent project success:
- Project Sponsor
- Projects Director (IPMA-A)
- Program Manager (also IPMA-A)
- Resource Manager
- Senior Project Manager (IPMA-B)
- Project Manager (IPMA-C) and
- Project Associate (IPMA-D)
The Uses
Depending on your requirements, different audiences can use CompModel for many purposes.
Individual uses
- As a job-seeker, provide a summary of your PM Competences; use it as
a differentiator in interviews.
- As a Project Manager, Team Leader or project participant, assess your strengths
and weaknesses for professional development planning, both for your current
role, and for advancement opportunities.
- As a Project Manager with a current knowledge-based certification, evaluate
where you should focus your efforts to further advance your skills and Competences.
- Evaluate your readiness to apply for the appropriate Project Manager level in our 4-Level Certification Program.
Organizational uses
- As a Project Manager, evaluate the stakeholders of your team to find "your
weakest link", expose gaps, reduce risk, and improve project performance.
- As a Resource Manager or Training Manager, identify the gaps most in need of filling,
and those staff members who demonstrate strengths you can use for coaching others.
- As a Project Sponsor or Executive in a Project-oriented enterprise, to assess your
project teams, workgroups or organization to determine strengths to leverage, and
opportunities for improvement.
- Assess your Project Management Office, to assure best use of your greatest strengths.
PM Vendor uses
- As an independent Project Management consultant, map your products and services to asapm's CompModel. In this way you can show savvy customers how you provide true value-added and
differentiating services, and sell more of your gap-filling products, and services.
- As a Project Management Learning or Training Vendor, map your curriculum to the USA's
National Competence Baseline. License the Pro version and show how your workshops
or modules deliver each needed element of competence.
Use CompModel with your customers
to help them see the best return on their PM training budget. This will be increasingly
important as asapm’s competence-based PM Certification creates awareness
and demand for Competence-building.
Are You Ready for CompModel?
Go to the next page to find out more about CompModel, or Click here to find out how to get your download!
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