AACE Announces Newest Certification – Certified Portfolio,
Program & Project Manager (C3PM)
AACE International’s newest certification program has been designed
around the demonstrated competency of project, program and portfolio
managers as those professionals within an organization, responsible
for the strategic implementation of portfolios, programs and
projects in support of the organization's objectives, which includes
roles as strategic planners, workforce professionals and
communicators.
Update on C3PM:
AACE’s Certified Project, Program and Portfolio Manager (C3PM)
certification offers AACE’s first credential designed to demonstrate
competency in the performance and integration of project, program,
and portfolio management. The C3PM will recognize those
professionals whose primary job function is initiating, planning,
controlling, executing, or closing of projects in the context of
asset, operations, or project management.
Competency-based credentials are valuable because they evaluate job
performance rather than emphasizing academic knowledge. Such ability
to evaluate job performance for multiple levels of managers involved
in the process of funding, planning, and execution of projects
should lead to much more positive and consistent project results
than are currently being realized in most organizations.
The C3PM will be achieved in three phases.
We are currently in Phase 1. AACE has already developed the
competency standards based on the Global Alliance of Project
Performance Standards (GAPPS). AACE is working to complete the
endorsement application. The application will seek information on
candidates’ educational history, outside certifications achieved,
and behavioral characteristics and attributes.
In Phase 2, C3PM candidates collect and log evidence into their Work
Experience Log Book. Candidates will be required to log verifiable
work hours to document their work experience and expertise. Another
Phase 2 requirement for C3PM candidates is to successfully complete
required course work and to write a project management-related
paper.
Phase 3 C3PM candidates will present their work experience, course
work, project management paper, and any other pertinent information
to a peer review team chosen from members of the C3PM Certification
Board. The peer review team meets with the C3PM candidate to
evaluate the candidate’s personal and professional qualities. Upon
successful completion of Phase 3, the candidate will be awarded
designated a Certified Project, Program and Portfolio Manager
(C3PM).
Practitioners who earn the C3PM credential will gain international
recognition as a professional highly competent to manage assets,
operations, projects, programs and portfolios.
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