Dear Planners!
At our recent Planning Planet and the Big Projects Expo in the UK on November 11, we all held an open conference debate regarding the certification, accreditation, grading or recognition of planners, schedulers and project controls professionals. It was recognised that we are not recognised!
A 20 minute discussion ensued where more questions than answers appeared to be raised. At the end of the debate, just about everyone agreed that a Discussion Forum Group be setup whereby the PP community could discuss the issues at hand.
Issues raised and discussed were such as....
(1) Do we need to be recognised / certified / accredited or graded?
(2) Do we need a professional body such as APM or PMI to do this, or should, or could we, organise and accredit ourselves?
(3) Irrespective of how such certification or accreditation is carried out, what Core Competences / Skills should be recognised and how could we grade such skills?
(4) How can we assure the market / employers that such accreditation is unbiased and indeed accurate?
The PP Team hope that this is the beginning of something new and exciting for us planners!!
Regards.... PP Admin Team
At our recent Planning Planet and the Big Projects Expo in the UK on November 11, we all held an open conference debate regarding the certification, accreditation, grading or recognition of planners, schedulers and project controls professionals. It was recognised that we are not recognised!
A 20 minute discussion ensued where more questions than answers appeared to be raised. At the end of the debate, just about everyone agreed that a Discussion Forum Group be setup whereby the PP community could discuss the issues at hand.
Issues raised and discussed were such as....
(1) Do we need to be recognised / certified / accredited or graded?
(2) Do we need a professional body such as APM or PMI to do this, or should, or could we, organise and accredit ourselves?
(3) Irrespective of how such certification or accreditation is carried out, what Core Competences / Skills should be recognised and how could we grade such skills?
(4) How can we assure the market / employers that such accreditation is unbiased and indeed accurate?
The PP Team hope that this is the beginning of something new and exciting for us planners!!
Regards.... PP Admin Team