REGISTERED PROJECT MANAGER AWARD

Background

The Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) is acknowledged throughout the world as the leader in defining and recognizing excellence in project management. This is reflected through their Registered Project Manager (RegPM) Award, accepted world-wide as the single most effective means for recognizing excellence in project management.

The Award

There are three levels of award, each aligned against the different levels of project management found in the workplace:

• The Qualified Project Practitioner (QPP) – Recognition of competence at the leadership of project teams.
• The Registered Project Manager (RegPM) – Recognition of competence in the planning and management of projects and is awarded to project managers.
• The Master Project Director (MPD) – Recognition of competence at strategic project planning and the management of subordinate project managers. This award is appropriate to program managers/project directors.

While each award is relevant to different levels of project management, the way in which they are awarded is the same – recognition that the candidate for the award has, and can apply, the skills and knowledge appropriate to a competent and effective project team leader, project manager, or program manager/project director. This means that a candidate for an award does not have to be working at that level, simply that he/she can produce evidence that shows his/her skills and knowledge are at that level.

The standards upon which each level of award is based are reflective of the skills and knowledge of project managers who are the leaders in their fields. These have been identified through extensive research by the AIPM, the Project Management Institute (PMI), and the International Project Management Association (IPMA).

Because it is accepted that achievement of these standards comes about more through on the job experience and the application of skills and knowledge not found in many training courses, assessment is carried out of what the candidate has done in the past and is currently doing, not of what he/she was taught or learned through training. It is also of the candidate’s future capability and not just what he/she achieved in the past. This means that access to assessment is open to anyone regardless of age, gender, educational qualifications or training experience.

For further information on this award please contact Dr Phillip Rutherford, +971 05 625 7653.

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