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PMO Community of Interest Event
30th January 2009
Structure
APM Background
APM NI
Quest for Chartered Status
Continuing Professional Development
APM and CoE
Paul Cooke – profile IT Systems Development
Financial Services, Northern Bank, National Australia Group and Danske Bank
Project and Programme Management
Programme Management Office
Portfolio Management
Implementing Business Strategy
Currently working in Reform Delivery Unit within Delivery & Innovation, PMO Support and Benefits Realisation
APM NI Vice Chairman & Treasurer
APM Mission / Activities
"To develop and promote the professional disciplines of project and programme management for the public benefit"
Our aim is to develop and promote project management across all sectors of industry and beyond.
APM Publications & Awards
APM NI ActivitiesThe Northern Ireland Branch of the APM was
established in 1990.
The leading professional body in project and programme management in Northern Ireland. It is supported by an elected committee of members who are passionate about success.
Secretariat which deals with local administration and member services.
5 Best Practice Groups (BPGs)
Public Sector
Information Technology (IT)
Construction
Business
Project Performance
Project Management in UK Accelerating pace of change
Larger and longer lasting projects
Greater focus on improving governance
More discriminating and demanding users
Recognition that effective project management requires its own distinctive set of professional skills
Increasingly positive perception of project management:
– APM research evidence of “profession of first choice”.
Project management community:ca. 250,000
ca. 90% retention
rate
No sector accounts for
> 14% of membership
APM’s Quest for Chartered Status Become the Chartered UK professional body
for project management
Administered by Privy Council
Self-regulating:
– Code of Conduct
Develop and operate a register of Chartered Practitioners:
– Chartered Project Professionals.
APM as Chartered Body
Chartered Project Professionals
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3Harvest the
benefits
The importance of influence
Phase 2
Phase 3Harvest the
benefits
APM as Chartered Body
Chartered Project Professionals
Benefits include:• Mark of excellence for individual project professionals • Rigorous bench-mark of relevant competence and
commitment to professionalism• Parity of esteem with other Chartered practitioners.
Over 50 letters of support:•Government Departments•Professional Bodies•Major organisations.
Benefits include:• External recognition of profession• Enhanced professional standing• Increased demand for project professionals• Enhanced profile for APM
increased influence.
Indicative Timetable
November 2007
AGM support for:Going Chartered as an organisationIntention to operate Register of Chartered Practitioners
Summer 2009 Implementation of the Royal Charter (Phase 1)
April 2010 Implementation of register of Chartered Project Professionals (ChPP) (Phase 2).
Note: timetable is outside APM direct control; dependent upon Privy Council process.
Will demonstrate the capabilities of a responsible leader, have the ability to manage a complex project and use appropriate project management tools, processes and techniques.
Chartered Project Professional
Chartered Project Professional status should be:
simple to understand and consistent,
attainable, worth attaining and worth maintaining,
comparable to other Chartered professions,
consistent with the APM Competence Framework,
credible, giving confidence to employers.
Launched in January 2008…
Continuing Professional Development
47 competence elements, grouped into 3 domains:
30 Technical 9 Behavioural 8 Contextual
Plus 5 underpinning Key Concepts, referring to the environment within which a project is undertaken:
Project management Programme management Portfolio management Project context Project office
Career-long qualificationsProfessional
capability
Introductory
APMP
Practitioner
Certificated
Knowledge
Experience
Competence
ChPP?
Entry standards and criteria
APM and CoE
Increasing strategic relationship between OGC and APM
Develop regular contact “on the ground”
Involvement/influence at NI Committee and Branch Level
APM NI support for NICS PPM Professionalism
Supporting / Building expertise in NI PPM community
An exciting opportunity to progress your career through professional development
Paul Cooke
Reform Delivery Unit
Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP)
Delivery and Innovation Division (DID)
Tel: 028 908 16867 / 76867 Clare House
Mobile: 07795 083009 303 Airport Road West
e-mail: [email protected] Belfast BT3 9ED
Thank You