Why Should You Certify

Because Certification Verifies Value

Certification Program Overview

WHY SHOULD YOU CERTIFY?

The best companies have the best project managers.

–McKinsey & Co.

Projects, programs, and portfolios are the delivery mechanisms for your strategic initiatives. Your organisation’s strength in project, program, and portfolio management is a key contributor to its profitability.

IDEAS ABOUT CERTIFICATION FOR KEY ROLES
IN YOUR ORGANISATION AND TEAMS

Corporate & Government Executives

Projects, programs and portfolios are the delivery mechanism for your strategic initiatives. Ensure that you have competent, qualified people to implement your strategy.

PMO
Managers

Reward your staff with an advanced certification. This provides value for your organisation and demonstrates commitment to your team, professionalism and to results.

Consultancies

Advanced, performance-based credentials can be a valuable selling tool when bidding on a project. Get the performance edge for your projects and engagements.

Practicing Individuals

Surveys show that certified project, program and portfolio managers get paid more. What else do you need to know? Our credentials are internationally recognised.

When it comes to performance, you recognise that clients want both technical excellence and ability to deliver according to plan.

PMAS, through our independent Certification Board, offers advanced certifications for project, program and portfolio managers. Our certification assessments are:

Performance-based. We look at the actual, on-the-job performance of your managers. We examine their documentary evidence and conduct an intensive, face-to-face interview to verify that they understood what they were doing and why.
Done by experienced project, program, and portfolio managers. Each of our assessors has years of experience as a project, program, or portfolio manager. Their expertise complements our structured assessment process.
Internationally recognized. Our certification credentials are recognized by the International Project Management Association (IPMA). IPMA has certified more individuals as project, program, and portfolio managers than any other organization in the world.
Compatible with your approach to managing projects. We evaluate results, not compliance with a proprietary standard. We accept your forms, your tools, your processes.
The best value for the money. Other PPPM credentials typically require 35-40 hours of training that can add thousands of dollars to the true cost of ownership. And most experts recommend another 40-50 hours of personal study which further increases the real cost of other credentials.

HOW DO WE CERTIFY?

PMAS’s advanced, performance based certifications are for the experienced Project, Program and Portfolio managers.

Click on the relevant IPMA’s Four Level of Certification (4-L-C) System to see which is right for you and to download all the necessary documents for that level.

IPMA Level A®: Certified P3 Director

Certified Project, Program or Portfolio Director.

IPMA Level B®: Certified Senior P3 Manager

Certified Senior Project, Program, or Portfolio Manager.

IPMA Level C®: Certified Project Manager

Certified Project Manager

IPMA Level D®: Certified Project Management Associates

The first step to towards a professional project or program manager role.

You Can Take These Steps For More Information If You Are Still Uncertain:

Complete the IPMA-Assessment for a free evaluation.
PMAS Assessment Application Fees for Individuals
Not sure about your level? Read What Certification Level is Right for You.
IPMA Recertification
Curious about our commitment to professionalism? See our Ethics, Appeals, and Complaints.
Need help for getting ready? Contact us.

What Makes IPMA's Certification Stand Out?

Tol help you decide which project and program management certifications are best for you, and why ours stand out, see What Makes IPMA Certification Stand Out. This fresh new analysis is based on three independent studies and reports.

When and Where Can You Certify?

WHAT CERTIFICATION LEVEL IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

The IPMA Certification Levels