CORE CERTIFICATION COURSES
Compare the three different types of core certifications offered by our educational partner AIPMO
The foundation level certification is for PMO team members, project team members and any stakeholders involved in a PMO. It sets the foundational knowledge required to understand the mechanics of projects, programs, portfolios and PMOs, and how to become a competent PMO team member of a project, program, portfolio, and PMO.
Take a look at the IPMO-Foundation course if you are involved in the running, monitoring and controlling of a PMO.
Go to AIPMO course pageThe practitioner level certification is for PMO managers, directors, consultants and experienced PMO team members looking to enter a PMO management role. It focuses on APMO’s PMO lifecycle framework and provides an in-depth understanding of PMO principles and practices including the design, implementation, and operation of organizational or initiative specific PMOs. It also covers to a lesser degree AIPMO’s PMO services lifecycle framework which is covered in detail as one of AIPMO’s foundational courses PMO Services and capabilities.
Go to AIPMO course pageThe expert level certification is the most advanced in the world and is for senior PMO managers, PM and PMO directors, and senior consultants who are involved in one or more PMOs justifying, designing, managing and/or consulting in this area. The certification focuses on AIPMO’s strategy lifecycle at the strategy level and includes aspects of management consulting, PMO topology and organizational design. The certification course is split between the theory, discussions and a two day conductive workshop to solve organizational design and other challenges.
Go to AIPMO course page1 hour with 50 multiple choice questions
Discussing the exam answers
PMO Directors
• PMO Managers and advanced PMO Core team
• Senior project/program management professionals
• Senior consultants involved in projects and/or organizational
change
• Project/program/portfolio managers with expertise in PMOs.
• 10 years of experience in project/program management
• 5 year plus as a PMO manager and/or PMO Director
• IPMO-P® certification, or PMI® PMP® (or higher i.e., PgMP®) or Prince2® (or higher i.e., MSP® or IPMA® (Levels C or higher i.e., B or A).
• Educated min. degree level, ideally MSc/MBA or DBA/PhD
Understand the value of the AIPMO Strategic Life-cycle framework® and how to apply it
• Know how to create and implement an enterprise PMO Strategy
• Work-through your PMO related organizational issues, develop a high-level PMO topology and PMO Services for your
organization and get expert feedback on the process and outcome
• Describe the different roles of PMOs in a single and networked context and across different levels of the organization
• Understand PMO maturity and get insights into AIPMO’s new principle-based PMO Maturity model for one or more PMOs
• Ability to use new frameworks like ‘strategy under uncertainty’ and apply them within the context of your organization
• Understand the competencies required for the different levels of PMO responsibilities including the roles of project, program
and functional managers
• Understand how to spot and support under-performing PMOs
• PMO Principles book and on-line access to AIPMO’s new ‘PMO Services and Capabilities’ book with over 200 PMO Services