Chartered project professionals, developed in-house.
Become an APM Recognised Assessment organisation and run Pathway 4 in-house. Assess your people against the ChPP standard yourself, then confirm it in a single interview.
- Unlock Pathway 4 to ChPP for your people
- A single ~30-minute APM interview
- Your scheme recognised by the APM
Why organisations pursue recognition.
Recognition is not just a certificate on the wall. It changes how your people become chartered, how their development is valued inside and out, and how your organisation is seen.
Recognised to the ChPP standard
Align your internal development scheme with the globally recognised ChPP standard. A prestigious distinction from the chartered body that sets your organisation apart.
Credibility that travels
Organisations that produce ChPPs signal high external credibility for your people. It carries weight with clients, boards and regulators, not just inside.
Chartership without the paperwork
Give your most experienced people a route to chartership that recognises their experience. No long application, and a much shorter interview.
Unlock pathway 4 to ChPP for your people
The headline advantage. Practitioners assessed under your recognised scheme reach Chartered Project Professional through Pathway 4. No individual application to compile, no full assessment interview, just a single short professional discussion. You control the standard, and the route becomes far lighter for every candidate.
Those assessed under your recognised scheme can reach ChPP through Pathway 4. A simplified path that recognises their experience and your assessment.
How bp earned APM Recognised Assessment.
A worked example of the outcome we help organisations reach. PM Elevation exists because its founder led a major enterprise all the way to recognition.
bp joined the small, select group of organisations to hold APM Recognised Assessment, with an internal scheme built to withstand external scrutiny.
A complex, high-governance enterprise needed its internal assessment scheme to meet the APM’s external standard. It had to prove the assessment, not just develop its people.
The competency framework, assessor capability, and the governance and moderation that hold quality over time. These are the same components we now build with clients.
Recognition secured, the programme recognised on film by the APM, and a scheme bp’s own people continue to run.
How we secure recognition with you.
Four phases take you from where you stand today to recognition. Informed by direct experience securing scheme recognition, and the knowledge of an ex-APM assessor.
- 01Where you areDiscovery & baselineWe establish how your scheme and capability stand against the APM standard today.
- 02What's missingGap analysis & recommendationsA clear, prioritised account of what recognition requires that you don't yet hold.
- 03Close the gapsAlign with the APM & applyWe build or refine what the gaps demand, then prepare and submit the application.
- The awardAPM assessment & awardThe APM assesses the scheme. We support you through review to Recognised Assessment status.
Baseline Assessment
Baseline review of existing frameworks against the APM's expectations.
Competency Frameworks
Develop existing and new competencies to align with the CHpp standard for each role and level.
Learning Pathways
Training and development routes that take practitioners to the evidence standard.
Assessor Development
Robust approach to internal assessment, by calibrated internal assessors who judge consistently.
Governance & Assurance
Moderation and oversight that hold quality over time and APM scrutiny.
Recognised Assessment
Guided application and award of the APM Recognised Assessment status, sustained through assurance.
Meeting the required standard.
Most organisations already run development activity. The harder task is proving the assessment behind it meets the standard for external recognition.
Built to develop, not assess
Many internal frameworks are designed to support development and progression but were never created to operate as externally recognised assessment schemes.
Evidence requirements are often underestimated
Recognition requires evidence that many organisations have not yet formally established to the required level.
Governance creates credibility
The quality of a recognised assessment programme depends on robust governance that is tested by the APM regularly.
Ready to explore APM Recognised Assessment?
Whether you already have a capability framework in place or are starting to define a recognised assessment route, we can help you understand your current position, identify development priorities and plan the route to recognition.
- A 45-minute call, scoped to your organisation.
- No obligation. We'll be candid about fit.
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