Project Management Professional Associations

Project Management Professional Associations

International Associations - Competency-Based

International Project Management Association (IPMA) - Est. 1965

Publish - Yes
Certify - Yes

Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) - Est.

Publish - GAPPS 2007 - A Framework for Performance Based Competency Standards
for Global Level 1 and 2 Project Managers
Certify - No, but facilitate it by setting global competency standards

International Associations - Knowledge-Based

Project Management Institute (PMI) - Est. 1969

Publish - Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 3rd Edition
Certify - Yes

Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACEI) - Est. 1956

Publish -
Certify -

National Associations - Knowledge and Competency Based

Your Professional Project Management Library should include the following:

ICB - IPMA Competency Standards
GAPPS 2007 - Competency Standards
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 5th Edition - APM
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 3rd Edition - PMI

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IPMA is a world leading non-profit making project management organisation. IPMA
represents 45 national project management associations on the international level.

IPMA actively promotes project management to businesses and organisations around the
world. We certify project managers, award successful project teams and researchers, and
provide a number of project management publications.

The IPMA four level certification program is world leading. It is competence based and
provides standards by which project management performance can be measured.

The IPMA Competence Baseline (ICB) is the basis for the IPMA certification system.

The purpose of the GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR PROJECT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS initiative
is to develop agreed frameworks as a basis for review, development, and recognition of
local standards that will facilitate mutual recognition and transferability of project
management qualifications. It is intended that the framework and associated standards be
freely available for use by businesses, academic institutions, professional associations,
and government standards and qualifications bodies globally.

As project management has become a more widely used management approach, both
public and private sector entities have become interested in standards that describe levels
of acceptable workplace performance. Many of these entities operate across national
boundaries and are thus interested in standards and qualifications that are transferable.
Governments, concerned with ensuring an internationally competitive workforce, and
individuals, desiring greater mobility, are also interested in the mutual recognition and
transferability of qualifications.

Since 1956, AACE International has provided its members with the resources they need to
enhance their performance and ensure continued growth and success. AACE International
- Promoting the Planning and Management of Cost and Schedules.

PMI is the world’s leading not-for-profit association for the project management
profession. PMI is recognized for the advocacy programs we conduct with governments,
organizations and industries around the world as they recognize and embrace project
management to achieve business results.

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