Transcript AIPM Competency Standards for Project Management

Review of
AIPM Competency Standards
for
Project Management
13/8/2007
Presented to ACT Chapter Forum by Peter Dechaineux
15th August 2007
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Presentation Outline
Competency Standard Review
Profession Development Program
Professionalisation of Project
Management
Member Protection
Schedule
The Benefits
The Downside
Questions
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AIPM’s Competency
Standard Review
and
Development
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The Standards – What are they?
• A new set of standards, designed
specifically for the AIPM
incorporating:
– Competency requirements
– Professional requirements
• A sound basis for development of a
new set of National Competency
Standards for Project Management
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The Development of AIPM’s New
Competency Standards
AIPM developed PM competency standards for
AQF 4, 5 and 6 during the early 1990’s
These were approved as National Competency
Standards in 1996 and reviewed in 2004.
The 2004 version is being used for RegPM
assessments and is the current version of the
PM domain in the Business Services Training
Package.
Since 2004 the PM body of knowledge and
industry expectations of project management
have increased substantially.
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Reason for Review
• The National Standards (AQF 4, 5 and 6) are
overdue for review
• Industry voiced the need for:
– Upgrading the standards to meet industry needs
– Higher levels of Project Manager performance
particularly at the senior management level
– More consistent assessments
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WE MUST LIFT THE BAR
We need consistent, quality
assessment of competency
against a robust standard
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Who is developing the new standards?
• The new standards are being developed
under the direction of the AIPM’s Recognition
Council through the:
– Technical Standards Working Group – a group of
practising project management practitioners
– Assessor Working Group – a group of practising
project management work place Assessors
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Who is reviewing the new standards?
• The new standards are being reviewed by:
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an Industry Reference Group
Assessors
Trainers
AIPM Chapters
an ExecPM cohort
AIPM’s Recognition Council
• Standards will be available on the website
for Public Comment to meet ISO
requirements
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Titles
• The post nominal RegPM gets confused within
the RegPM Program.
• This review recommends that we reassign titles
to the new standard levels and that certified titles
other than ExecPM carry the lead-in words
“Certified Practising” so that we have:
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Executive Project Manager (ExecPM)
Certified Practising Project Director (CPPD)
Certified Practising Senior Project Manager (CPSPM)
Certified Practising Project Manager (CPPM)
Certified Practising Project Practitioner (CPPP)
• As well as a:
– Project Team Member
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Why CPPM and CPSPM?
This has to be a good question to postulate
right now! So why?
A Senior Project Manager (CPSPM) needs:
•Knowledge required to manage projects across
a wide spectrum of complexity, and
•Experience in order to manage major projects
which are likely to be more difficult.
WE ARE SEEKING INDUSTRY GUIDANCE
TO VALIDATE THESE DIFFERENTIALS
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Relationship to AQF
• We must not lose sight of the fact
that:
– the proposed new AIPM Competency
Standards for PM are for AIPM use in
it’s RegPM Program, and
– the intent is to modify the AIPM
Competency Standards for PM to suit
AQF requirements and then submit to
IBSA for their endorsement/approval
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AIPM
Professional Development
Program
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Professional Development Program
The AIPM Professional Development Program (PDP)
RegPM
Sub Program
Includes
ExecPM, CPPD,
CPSPM, CPPM,
CPPP,
Team Member
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Continuous
Professional
Development
(CPD)
Sub Program
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Competence Progression
Project Director
Entry points
Traditional PM competence
Executive Project
Manager
Project Manager
Project Practitioner
Project Team Member
Attributes & Behaviour competence
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Comparison of Competence Levels
Titles
Competence
Standards
AQF 6
AQF 5
AQF 4
Standards
ExecPM
AIPM Level 4
Project Director
AIPM Level 3
Project Manager
AIPM Level 2
Project Practitioner
AIPM Level 1
Titles
Master Project Director
Project Manager
Project Practitioner
Team Member
Current Standards / Titles
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Proposed Standards / Titles
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Relationship between Competence and
Project Complexity
AIPM Title
AIPM Competency
Standard Level
AIPM Post
Nominals
Indicative Project
Complexity Index
Executive
Project Manager
4
ExecPM
PCI 4
Project Director
3
CPPD
PCI 3
CPSPM
(Note 1)
PCI 2
CPPM
(Note 1)
PCI 1
CPPP
Any
None
Any
Project Manager
Project
Practitioner
Project Team
Member
2
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Note 1: The competence requirements for CPPM and CPSPM are identical. The difference is experiential driven.
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The AIPM
and the
Profession of
Project Management
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Competence is one thing
Workplace Performance
Professionalism is another
Performance. Body of Knowledge. Ethics
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Title versus Professional Recognition
Requirements (still under development)
AIPM Title
AIPM Post
Nominals
(Current)
AIPM
Post
Nominals
(New)
AIPM
Standard
Level
Education
(Note 1)
Complex PM
(Note 2)
Project Director
ExecPM
MPD
CPPD
Professional
Executive
Project
Manager
RPM
Project Team
Member (Note 4)
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CPPP
None
Note 1:
Note 2:
Note 3:
Note 4:
Para Professional
QPP
Complex
15 plus
Masters in Project
Management
PCI 4
11-15
Managed a Portfolio or
more than 1 Program
3
Grad Dip in Project
Management
PCI 3
8-12
Managed a Program
Grad Cert in
Project
Management
PCI 2
6-9
Managed 2 or more major
Projects
Diploma in Project
Management
PCI 1
3-7
Managed 2 or more minor
Projects
Cert IV in Project
Management
Any
1-4
Performed as an
experienced team member
Cert III in Project
Management
Any
0-2
Performed as a team
member
2
CPPM
(Note 3)
Project
Practitioner
Indicative years of PM
experience & employment
4
CPSPM
(Note 3)
Project Manager
Indicative Project
Complexity Index
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Post graduate education can be in either the VET sector or the Higher Education sector but have material applicability to the project
The Complex level is not a component of AIPM's RegPM Program. It is shown only for the purposes of relativity.
The competence requirements for CPPM and CPSPM are identical. The difference is experiential and project complexity driven.
Project Team Member is a new entry level. This level does not carry AIPM post nominals
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The AIPM
and
Protection
of
Members
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Protection for Existing Certified
Members (Grandfathering) - 1
• Three year period of grace
• QPP – automatic certification as CPPP
• RPM options
– Upgrade to CPPD. All requirements apply
– Certify as CPSPM. Educational and experiential
requirements apply. Assess competency
differences
– Certify as CPPM. Assess competency differences
– If none of above, certification lapses
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Protection for Existing Certified
Members (Grandfathering) - 2
• MPD options
– Upgrade to ExecPM. All requirements
apply
– Certify as CPPD. Educational and
experiential requirements apply. Assess
competency differences
– If neither of above, recognise as CPSPM
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The Schedule
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The Schedule - AIPM
• Develop and review – Complete 31st August 2007
• National Council review/endorse – 9th September
2007
• Launch Exposure Draft – 8th October 2007
• Post Launch
– Develop implementation documentation eg New RegPM
booklet
– Open for Public Comment
– Distribute to Universities and Trainers
– Final Review
– Final approval by National Council – March 2008
• Release AIPM Standards – 30th June 2008
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The Schedule - AQF
• Commence development of Australian
Qualification Framework (AQF) version of AIPM
Competency Standards for Project
Management – October 2007
• Submit AQF version to Innovation and Business
Skills Australia (IBSA) – March 2008
• IBSA review period
• Formal introduction of IBSA - BSBPM
Standards – 31 December 2008
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And the Benefits Are?
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Effect on Membership and RegPM
Program
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Membership will be more desirable
Quality of certified members will be higher
RegPM credibility will be regained
AIPM will regain control of Competency
Standards – for both AIPM and the IBSA
subsets
• Bridge to complex project management
• Platform for sub specialist competencies eg
schedule, cost estimating/control, risk
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And the Downside is?
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Effect on Membership and RegPM
Program
• MPDs who do not gain certification as ExecPM
or CPPD will be recognised as a CPSPM
• Many MPDs do not like the dropping of
“Master”
• RPMs who do not gain certification as CPPD,
CPSM or CPPM will lose their certification
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QUESTIONS PLEASE
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