Working Session 15

The upcoming Working Session 15 will be hosted by GAPPS member Project Management South Africa from 21st - 23rd February 2009 in South Africa.

For a formal invitation or more information, please contact the Secretariat: secretariat (at) globalpmstandards.org

GAPPS - Working Session 14

Invitation - GAPPS Working Session 14

Kindly hosted by the
ESC Lille School of Management

Dates: 24-26 August 2008

Associated with the Special EDEN Doctoral Seminar on the Nine School of Project Management http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/eden_announcement.asp?event_id=601

ESC Lille – Lille School of Management
Campus de Lille
Avenue Willy Brandt
59777 EURALILLE – France

Attendees requiring letters of invitation from the host organisation to obtain a Visa to France should contact the Secretariat immediately

Fees: New Members: AUD$3000 Membership Fee plus AUD$900 per person attending the Working Session.

Existing Members: AUD$900 per person

Individuals: who wish to attend but are not associated with a member organisation may do so at a per person rate of AUD$1850. However, if you are a member of a project management association you may wish to contact them to express your interest in attending under their membership and if they agree to this you would only be required to pay the AUD$900 per person rate.

Per person attendance fees cover catering at the venue and dinners on the evenings of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday (24^th, 25^th, 26^th August). Details and locations will be sent out upon confirmation of attendance. Attendees are encouraged to attend all arranged dinners and to make departure travel plans for the day after the conclusion of the Working Session.

Requests for Registration Forms and more information should be made to the project Secretariat: secretariat (at) globalPMstandards.org.

GAPPS Endorsed Provider Status Launched

The Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) announces the launch of its Endorsed Provider process centred on assessment processes that use the GAPPS Standards for Project Management.

GAPPS is an independent collaborative not-for-profit organisation dedicated to fostering mutual recognition for project and program management standards and qualifications. The Endorsed Provider process was developed to provide a globally recognised seal of approval for assessment organisations seeking to issue GAPPS endorsed qualifications. Primarily the process hopes to encourage global portability of project management qualifications, certifications and development programs.

The process was developed through a series of Working Sessions and has benefited from the input of representatives from industry, academia, national training authorities and professional associations in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Russia and South Africa as well as input from recognised experts in the field of assessment and project management.

Alicia Aitken, Managing Director of Project Performance Group says that “PPG is excited about the opportunity to be one of the first companies in the world to become a GAPPS Endorsed Provider. We strongly believe that globally transferable recognition of PM competence will be of significant value to all our clients and customers”. As the number of Endorsed Providers grows the ease of transferability and mutual recognition will increase across the groups.

Assessment organisations that become GAPPS Endorsed Providers will issue certificates stamped with the GAPPS Endorsed Provider logo. This seal of approval will show alignment to the GAPPS standard and facilitate reciprocity between assessment providers. This adds value to all the certifications by enabling project managers to travel all over the world for work and have recognition of their certifications.

GAPPS currently has underway a mapping program which will see all prominent competency frameworks mapped to the GAPPS standards. This will be available to anyone, free, via download from the GAPPS website. Mapping provides a clear one-to-one comparison between the GAPPS standard and each of the other standards included in the mapping. This will be used by individuals seeking to understand the various models, organisations looking to understand the compatibility of each standard and assessment organisations when establishing which part of their assessment processes map directly to the GAPPS standards. This in turn will help facilitate the Endorsed Provider process.

One of the key benefits of the GAPPS Endorsed Provider process is its independence from proprietary project management methodologies and models and that it complements existing structures.

All the works produced by GAPPS are developed on a volunteer basis, are publicly available for use by public and private sector organisations, and can be also downloaded from GAPPS website where you can also find information on our next Working Session which is due to be held in Lille, France on 24-26 August 2008 www.globalpmstandards.org

Contact
The Secretariat – secretariat (at) globalpmstandards.org

Welcome to the GAPPS Blog

The Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) is a not-for-profit member organization dedicated to the creation of independent competency standards against which any individual, company, government agency or other organization can benchmark against to see how they compare against the GAPPS Framework.

The GAPPS standards in Project and Program Management have been created by practitioner volunteers from around the world and have been put into the "public domain" under "GNU" or "Copyleft" licensing for anyone to use, copy, modify or adapt, subject to the terms and conditions of the Open Software General Public License v 3.

To learn more, contact the GAPPS Secretariat at secretariat(at)globalpmstandards.org, or visit the website.