APM Thames Valley branch evening event - New Year's resolution: In 2019 I want to become... a Project Professional? - 24 January 2019 - Guildford

1. In 2019 I want to
become... a Project
Professional?

2. What we will cover today
 Overview of APM
 5 Dimensions of Professionalism
– APM Qualifications
– Individual Membership
 The Royal Charter
– Registered Project Professional (RPP)
– Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)
 Career Pathways Tool
 Q & A

3. Overview
Over 23,000 individual
members
Leading member of
IPMA
Over 200 CPD events a
year
Registered Charity
Over 17,000
qualifications taken in
2015-16
Over 550 corporate
members
From 1st April 2017
Chartered body for PM
Over 1000 registered
project professionals
Over 1.2 million website
visitors in last 12 months

4. APM Professionalism Model

5. APM Body of Knowledge
Provides the foundation for
the successful delivery of
projects, programmes and
portfolios across all sectors
and industries, defining the
boundaries
Offers the key to successful
project management and is an
essential part of the FIVE
Dimensions of Professionalism.
Forms the basis of APM’s
qualifications, accreditation,
research and publications.

6. APM Competence Framework
Describes APM's new view of the
competences necessary for effective
project, programme, portfolio
management and PMO.
Help project professionals understand
and assess their current competence
against a common baseline.
Include:
- 27 Competences
- 14 role profiles
- Scope covering project
management, programme
management, portfolio
management and PMO

7. APM qualifications

8. Achievement – Progressive
Qualification Route
0-1 years 1-4 years 5+ years 7+ years0-1 years

9. Individual Membership Timeline
Membership
0 years 10 years5 years

10. The APM’s Royal Charter
 APM became a Chartered
body on 1 April 2017. Royal
Charters date back to the
13th century and are granted
by the Queen on advice of
the Privy Council. Following
a tradition that dates back
over 700 years, the Royal
Charter is printed on vellum
with the Royal seal in wax.

11. Timeline to Chartered Status
12 Oct
2016
21 Nov
2016
06 Jan
2017
30 Nov
2017
16 May
2018
31 Oct
2018
Privy Council’s
Order of Grant
New Chartered
Body Corporate
APM Receives
Royal Charter
Chartered Standard
Published
Chartered
Register Launched
First Chartered
Project
Professionals
Announced

12. Some other Chartered Professions
 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
 Founded 1868, Chartered 1881,
 125,000 members
 Chartered Management Institute
 Founded 1947, Chartered 2002,
 80,000 members
 British Computer Society BCS: The
Chartered Institute for IT
 Founded 1957, Chartered 2010,
 82,000 members

13. Registered or Chartered –
which is right for me?
RPP
ChPP

14. Am I eligible?
Registered
7 Years’
Experience
APM Project
Professional or
Practitioner
Chartered
Professionally
Active + Proven
track record
Advanced
Technical
Knowledge*

15. Which Route should I take?
• Experiential Route:
minimum 7 years (MAPM + 2)
• Developmental Route:
has achieved APM PQ or PPQ
Registered:
• Recognised Assessment
(Technical Knowledge only)
• Recognised Assessment
(Knowledge & Professional Practice)
• Experiential (eligibility criteria)
Chartered:

16. What is a Recognised Assessment?
It has been approved by APM and meets the
requirements for the RPP or ChPP Standard:
 at the required level for technical knowledge or
technical knowledge and professional practice;
 externally regulated by an approved body such
as Ofqual or aligns to the quality requirements
of ISO17024; and
 covers a minimum number of mandatory and
elective competences
Currently the only Recognised Assessments are
PPQ and PQ for technical knowledge only and
RPP for both professional practice and technical
knowledge. This will change over time.

17. What is the Process?
• Written Submission (MS Word doc)
• Minimum 2 (max 5) Project Overviews
• Answer 5 sets of Practice questions
• Answer 5 sets of knowledge questions
• One Hour Interview validating above
Registered
• Written Submission (online)
• Up to 4 Project Overviews
• 10 Mandatory, 2 Elective Competences
• 30m -2hr Interview validating technical
knowledge* and professional practice
Chartered

18. Registered before Chartered?
 If you already hold the RPP standard you may be
eligible for Route 2 to Chartered status.
 As an RPP you are deemed to have already
demonstrated your technical knowledge and
professional practice, so to get from RPP to
Chartered you need only provide evidence of
ongoing CPD and a commitment to ethical and
professional behaviour, both validated via written
application and a 30 minute telephone interview.
 The cost of upgrading from RPP to ChPP is £245

19. How much does it cost?
Registered
Submission Assessment
£203 Developmental
£359 Experiential
Interview
£390 Developmental
£572 Experiential
Chartered
Submission Assessment
£390 RA Qualified (Route 1)
£610 Experienced (Route 3)
Interview
£320 RA Qualified (Route 1)
£500 Experienced (Route 3)

20. Evidence time expired?
 If your most recent experience of delivering
projects is more than five years old, you might
find it hard to complete the RPP Application
because your portfolio of evidence may be
outdated (time expired), but you can still apply
directly for Chartered.
 You will need to provide additional evidence in
your submission and at interview to explain how
you have kept your knowledge and professional
practice current during the intervening period.

21. APM RPP webpage

22. Two routes to RPP
Route 1 - Developmental Route 2 - Experiential
Recognised assessment
of technical knowledge
i.e. PPQ or PQ
No prior recognised assessment
of technical knowledge
Professionally active -
written overviews of 2 to 5 projects
majority within last seven years
Professionally active -
written overviews of 2 to 5 projects
majority within last seven years
Professional practice -
Answer 5 sets of questions
Professional practice -
Answer 5 sets of questions
n/a Technical knowledge -
Answer 5 sets of questions
CPD Log -
35hrs from previous 12 months
CPD Log -
35hrs from previous 12 months
Interview - 45-60 minutes
Including: professional practice and ethics
Interview – 30-45 minutes
Including: CPD, currency of professional
practice & ethics

23. APM ChPP webpage

24. Three routes to ChPP
Route 1 Route 2 Route 3
Recognised assessment
of technical knowledge
i.e. PPQ or PQ
Recognised assessment
of technical knowledge and
Professional practice i.e. RPP
Assessment of technical
knowledge
via extended interview
Professional practice -
written overviews of 1 to
4 projects
n/a Professional practice -
written overviews of 1 to
4 projects
Professional practice -
Competence statements x 12
n/a Professional practice -
Competence statements x 12
Professionally active? Professionally active? Professionally active?
CPD Log – 35hrs CPD Log – 35hrs CPD Log – 35hrs
Interview – 1hr
Including: professional practice
and ethics
Interview – 30mins
Including: CPD, currency of
professional practice & ethics
Interview – 2hrs
Including: technical knowledge,
professional practice and ethics

25. ChPP Assessment Cycle 2018/19

26. Which Route is right for Me?
 This quick and simple online tool gives you the next
steps you should be thinking about. Simply answer
the questions in sequence:
https://www.apm.org.uk/jobs-and-careers
/pm-career-path/

27. Follow us on Social Media and Online
LinkedIn
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Management (Official group)
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Management
Twitter
@APMProjectMgmt
@APMEvents
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Google+
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Management
YouTube
youtube.com/APMProjectMgmt

28. Find much more at www.apm.org.uk

29. APM Website: www.apm.org.uk

30. Any
Questions