Julie Legge is the Head of Membership at APM and one of the creators of the APM’s 5 Dimensions of Professionalism. Julie has been working with organisations and individuals to embed professional standards into a wide range of organisations and sectors over the last 6 years. In this session, she will give an overview on the development of professional standards and qualifications.
2. Defining Professionalism
As defined by the UK Interprofessional Group Professional Regulation Position Statement 2002
An occupation in which an
individual uses an
intellectual skill based on
an established body of
knowledge and practice to
provide a specialised service
in a defined area, exercising
independent judgement in
accordance with a code of
ethics and in the public
interest’
A professional is a
practitioner with specific
skills rooted in a broad
base, has appropriate
qualifications from a
recognised body, undergoes
continuous development
and operates to a code of
conduct
3. Characteristics of a profession
Benefits to
society
Minimum
capability
understood
More business
value created
Fair and open
practice
Project success
is consistently
delivered
Professional
Institutions
Professionals
communities
formed
Profession
clearly defined
Leadership
role
recognised
Representation
and regulation
separated
Profession’s
status
Professionals
recognised
Professionals
valued
Professional
membership
the norm
Professional
development
CPD defined CPD monitored
CPD
mandatory
Standards
framework
Qualifications
framework
defined
Standards
widely adopted
Chartered (or
equivalent)
standard in
place
Range of
routes to
chartership
available
Adapted from BCS Professionalism Research Paper 2006
Developing Established
4. What is the need?
“Project and programme delivery performance is not
improving”
PWC Insights and Trends: Current Portfolio,
Program and Project Management Practices 2012
“It’s time for the
profession to
stand up and be
counted”
5. PWC Insights and Trends: Current Portfolio, Program and Project Management Practices 2012
What is the need?
6. Global Demand for New PM Roles
PMI Pulse of the Profession Report 2013
375K 1,364K 582K 24,906K
1,642K 8,857K 2,610K 103K 58K 946K
“Between 2010
and 2020 the
global PM
workforce is
expected to
increase by
13.4M to 41.4M”
11. For Individuals
A framework or methodology which defines the processes
and practices for the organisation
A competence framework to map levels of knowledge and
experience at appropriate levels
Qualifications to provide developmental opportunities and
recognition of competence at appropriate levels
A continuing professional development scheme that broadens
horizons and builds understanding through sharing of good
practice
Recognition that true professionals should be accountable for
their actions and adhere to a code of ethics and professional
conduct
Over 30 corporate accreditations, most recently: United Utilities, MottMac, Blue Cross, Arup
This slide shows how RPP is positionedin relation to other standards in the marketCurrently, the most recognised qualification in the UK market is knowledge-based . As we know, the increasing drive for ‘professionalism’ means that employers are looking for more than a knowledge-based qualification. That is why we have launched RPP – to meet the requirements for an assessment that measure competence as well as ethics and leadership.