Professional Competency Standards for Project Management |
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From June 2008 the AIPM's RegPM program will be aligned to the Professional Competency Standards for Project Management.
The 2008 PCSPM are divided into four sections, based on their content.
The documents are for public use. We require you complete a short form prior to downloading the documents.
A set of questions and answers on the competency standards are available for download.
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For introductory information on the PCSPM please see this powerpoint.
Questions and answers on the standards are also available.
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These Standards have been developed by AIPM to meet the requirements of the Project Management profession. It is important to note that they are not nationally endorsed vocational education and training standards and they serve a different purpose than project management standards published by Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA).Their content is also different.Certification against the AIPM Standards does not lead to any AQF qualification; however the aim of AIPM is to keep the professional Standards and the national standards as closely matched as possible.
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Background
In the early 1990s the AIPM developed project management competency standards for the AIPM registration process (RegPM). These standards were later incorporated into a number of national Training Packages aligned to the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) levels 4, 5 and 6.Since then the project management body of knowledge and industry expectations of project management have increased substantially.As a result industry has voiced the need for;
- Upgrading the standards to meet industry needs.The Standards for Project Practitioner, Project Director and Project Director contained in this document reflect this upgrading.
- Higher levels of performance from project managers, particularly those working at the senior management level. Standards for new levels of Senior Project Manager are under consideration and standards for Executive Project Director are under development.
These Standards are for AIPM use in assessing applicants for the RegPM program.The intention is that the Standards contained in this document will be adjusted to suit the AQF requirement and then submitted to Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA) for consideration as the new National Standards for project management within the Vocational Education and Training sector.
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Development of the Standards
The content of the Standards has been based on a review and alignment of the following national and international project management standards.
- AIPM project management standards
- International Project Management Association (IPMA) standards
- UK Association of Project Management (APM) standards
- US Project Management Institute (PMI) standards
- Complex Project Managers standards developed by the College of Complex Project Managers
- Innovation and Business Services Australia (IBSA) project management standards
Development of the Standards included a desk top review of current research in areas of skill gaps in project management, future PM trends and a review of existing international standards such as those mentioned above. From this research, gaps in existing standards and areas where project management practice was falling short were identified. These findings provided the framework for the first draft of the standards.
During the development phase, preliminary reviews were conducted by a network of key practitioners from a range of industry sectors identified by the Technical Standards Committee. The Technical Standards Committee was made up of individuals who were primarily project management practitioners. The committee members facilitated feedback from networks that each committee member had access to and as well it was distributed to an Industry Reference Group for feedback.
A draft incorporating feedback was placed on the AIPM website and feedback was sought for a period of four months. The feedback was incorporated and national seminars and teleconferences were held. Project management practitioners and AIPM assessors attended and provided detailed feedback. Any general comments or feedback that was not consistent with other feedback was collected and grouped for discussion and action by a Standards Review Group. Membership of this group included AIPM assessors and project practitioners.
Associations such as the Australian Institute of Risk Management organised groups of members to provide feedback.
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