Certification for IPMA® Consultants, Coaches and Trainers!
The International Project Management Association (IPMA®), as the leader in competency-based certification for project management, offers the IPMA 4-level Certification System (IPMA 4-L-C) for individuals managing projects, programmes and portfolios. In order to ensure the development of the competence of consultants, coaches and trainers in the field of project management, IPMA® has enhanced the IPMA 4-L-C System with a 3-level Certification for consultants and coaches and trainers working in the field of project management and contributing to the development of organisations and individuals.
Who is the IPMA® CCT certification for?
- independent Consultants, Coaches and Trainers in project management
- employees of training or consultancy companies offering project management services
- university lecturers, doctors, professors and people working with students – conducting seminars and workshops on project management
- consultants offering consultancy services to individuals and/or companies
By practising their consulting, coaching and coaching competencies, IPMA-certified individuals can strengthen and develop their clients’ organisations so that they can get better results and fulfil their mission and achieve their goals, at the level of managing individuals, projects, programmes, project portfolios or the organisation. As experts: they share their knowledge; they
provide coaching and consulting services; they deliver training and education programmes for
people working in projects and for project management organisations.
IPMA views the above roles as follows: a trainer is a person who shares knowledge, while a
consultant and coach provide advice to people in the area of project/programme/portfolio
management.
Therefore, IPMA, for the purposes of certification, has defined two roles:
- Consultant and Coach in the area of project management (CC)
- Project management trainer (T)
IPMA has developed a 3-tier certification system for Consultants and Coaches and Trainers (CCT):
For IPMA CCT certification, the following rules apply:
- The Consultant and Coach Certificate refers to consulting and coaching, advisory and
implementation activities in a project, programme or portfolio environment. - The Trainer Certificate refers to activities related to curriculum design, development and delivery
of training programmes in a project, programme or portfolio environment. - CCT certification confirms competence. Key competences and competences specific to
consultants and coaches and trainers are described in IPMA ICB4 and ICB4CCT. - At each of the three IPMA® CCT competency levels, qualification criteria, functional areas and
areas of responsibility have been specified for particular roles (IPMA-A CCT, IPMA-B CCT, IPMA-C CCT)
All certificates are valid for 5 years. After this time, you can apply for an extension of validity –
recertification, which involves verifying evidence of continued activity in the delivery of consulting and coaching or training in the area of project management, as well as ongoing professional development.
IPMA-A CCT
- Acts as a Consultant and/or Coach, applying his/her expertise by providing consulting and/or coaching services to individuals and teams in the area of project management.
- Is responsible for leading the development and delivery of consulting or coaching services that have a strategic impact on the professional development of individuals, teams or organisations.
- Serves as: chief consultant or chief consultant leading a team; chief coach or chief coach leading a team, having a strategic impact on the professional development of individuals, teams or organisations and the like.
Input requirements
Within the last 8 years, the Candidate should prove: a minimum of 5 years’ experience of 1,500 man-hours as a chief consultant or a chief coach in consulting or coaching services in the area of project management with strategic impact on the professional development of individuals, teams or organisations.
- Acts as a Trainer and uses his/her expertise to deliver services to individuals and teams in the area of project management.
- Is responsible for leading the development and delivery of training programmes, workshops, lectures or seminars, with practical training elements, that have a strategic impact on the professional development of individuals, teams or organisations.
- Serves as a chief trainer or chief trainer leading a team of coaches, having a strategic impact on the professional development of individuals, teams or organisations and the like.
Input requirements
Within the last 8 years, the Candidate should prove: a minimum of 5 years’ experience of 1500 man-hours as a chief trainer in training services in the area of project management with a strategic impact on the professional development of individuals, teams or organisations.
IPMA-B CCT
- Acts as a Consultant and/or Coach, uses his/her well-established knowledge to deliver services to individuals and teams in the area of project management.
- Is responsible for developing and delivering consulting or coaching services at individual, team or organisational level.
- Acts as a consultant or coach, consultant or coach leading a team of consultants, coaches and/or trainers.
Input requirements
Within the last 5 years, the Candidate must prove: a minimum of 3 years’ experience of a minimum of 1,000 man-hours as a consultant or coach in consulting or coaching services in the area of project management.
- Acts as a Trainer, uses his/her well-established knowledge to deliver services to individuals and teams in the area of project management.
- Is responsible for the development and implementation of training programmes, workshops, lectures or seminars containing elements of practical training.
- Acts as a trainer or a head trainer leading a team of trainers.
Input requirements
Within the last 5 years, the Candidate must prove: a minimum of 3 years’ experience of a minimum of 1000 man-hours as a trainer or a head trainer in a team, in training services in the field of project management.
IPMA-C CCT
Level C refers to the delivery of consultancy and coaching services or the planning of a project, programme or portfolio management training pathway, through the application of knowledge/theory across all relevant competencies. Level C applies to the roles of Consultant and Coach and Trainer.
- Acts as a Consultant and/or Coach and uses moderate knowledge, performing services forindividuals and teams in the area of project management.
- Is responsible for providing or supporting the provision of counselling or coaching services at individual, team or organisational level.
- Serves as a consultant or coach; junior consultant or coach; trainee consultant or coach; co-lead consultant/coach, etc., with limited or moderate responsibilities.
Input requirements
Within the last 3 years: a minimum of 6 months experience of at least 500 man-hours as a Consultant or Coach, in consulting or coaching services in the area of project management.
- Acts as a Trainer, uses moderate knowledge, implementing services for individuals and/or teams in the area of project management.
- Is responsible for delivering or supporting the delivery of training programmes, workshops, lectures or seminars containing elements of practical training.
Serves as trainer, co-lead trainer, trainee trainer, etc.
Input requirements
Within the last 3 years: a minimum of 6 months experience of at least 500 man-hours as a trainer in project management training services.
Download the application documents, complete and send to the Certification Office at: Ewa.Zawadzka@ipma.pl
CCT Application for certification
CCT Self-assessment
ССT CC Case study Levels ABC
ССT Training study Levels ABС
- Guiding Principles of Individual Competence – Part 1 Project Management
- Guiding Principles of Individual Competence – Part 2 Programme Management
- Guiding Principles of Individual Competence – Part 3 Portfolio Management
- IPMA International Certification Regulations for the assessment of individuals in Project,
Programme and Portfolio Management (ICR) - Excerpt from the IPMA International Rules for the Certification of Consultants and Coaches and Trainers in Project Management (ICR4CCT)
- All those who have paid their membership fee for the current year are entitled to a discount of 5% on the prices shown above.
- If you apply for certification in both domains – Consultant/Coach + Trainer, you will receive an attractive discount