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IPMA ITALY Journal of Applied Project Management
Volume 1 no. 1 (April 2015)
managing projects is extracted from competent in relation to experience,
one project, with a focus on gained methods and behaviour.
learning.
The perspective for IPMA®
The next step is for the candidate is to Certification – The Danish
assess own competencies in applying experience
methods or techniques related to the
20 competencies, competencies in 15 years ago, when Danish Project
leadership behaviour – related to 15 Management started to introduce
competencies, and competencies in IPMA® Certification, we focused – like
contextual domain related to 11 all others - on creating the perception
competencies. that the certification is a matter of
“getting a piece of paper” on the
The self-assessment finishes by assessing competencies that up until now have
the candidate’s level. Here, the been built up through practicing. Just
learning is about becoming more self- as other certifications, which primarily
aware and about gathering feedback are based on a written exam.
from others in relation to the
behavioural competencies. Part of the purpose for participating in
the certification is still to achieve a
Step 2: Interactive session and certificate on own competence level,
interview but the longer we have delivered
IPMA® Certification – the more
At Levels C, B and A, the process attentive we have become on the
continues with an interview of one to unique learning potential which the
two hours. For the assessors, the programme implies.
interview presents a last opportunity to
check those competencies that have The competence boost, which the
not been sufficiently demonstrated participants in the certification
through the previous steps. The achieve, is in my opinion the most
candidate gets on-going feedback on important contribution from Danish
what the assessors have observed Project Management Association to
during the entire process. promote a position of Denmark in the
final round about a world
However, what many candidates say championship in project management
makes the entire process worth it is that project.
the assessors use the last part of the
interview to highlight where the So, we might consider changing the
candidate has been seen as especially term from IPMA® Certification with a
great possibility for further learning – to
IPMA® Competence Boost with a side-
effect as a formal certificate.
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