Certifications

A new, industry-led standard for project management

  • A Certified Project Officer (CPO) is a fundamental contributor to any project team. They have been examined on at least 30 hours of project management study, and can employ project management knowledge in a wide variety of settings, taking responsibility for their own work performance.
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    Certified Project Officer (CPO)

  • A Certified Project Professional (CPP) applies contemporary project management tools, techniques and methods to the unique context of each project they undertake. They identify and respond proactively to project risks, opportunities and issues, keeping stakeholders fully informed throughout.
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    Certified Project Professional

  • A Certified Project Master (CPM) is a project leader and innovator. They have been independently assessed against a broad range of project management competencies, and can apply a suite of specialised technical and managerial skills to initiate, plan, execute and evaluate their own project work and the work of others.
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    Certified Project Master (CPM)

  • A Certified Project Director (CPD) has the proven ability to lead multiple, complex projects, programs and portfolios of work. They make high-level autonomous decisions and use initiative and judgement to navigate a diverse range of activities that span functions, organisations, regions and cultures.
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    Certified Project Director (CPD)

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Qualifications

Our graduates are not just good at tests – they are job ready

The Institute of Project Management (IPM) is accredited by the Australian government (RTO 60154) to deliver the following qualifications:

Australian Qualifications Framework

Our qualifications introduce the only AQF accredited curriculum aligned to the project lifecycle (as opposed to knowledge areas or units of competency).

Not only does this intuitively reflect how projects are delivered in the real world; it significantly streamlines your assessment.

Taken together with our exclusive unlimited, on-demand project mentor support, our graduates are not just good at tests – they are job ready.

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Masterclasses

Interactive, engaging and entertaining

  • Are you responsible for leading change?

    Perhaps you’re tasked with innovating new approaches or products, reducing costs, growing the business or spearheading disruption?

    Whatever the conditions for change, the biggest task lies with you.
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    Leading Change

  • In this course, we introduce the best-practice principles of project management in the context of the project lifecycle: from initiation through planning, delivery and close.

    These domains of project knowledge and application are consistent with the proven theories of PRINCE2 and PMBOK; industry specific methodologies such as Agile; as well as other well known project management frameworks and guidelines.
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    Introduction to Project Management

  • A business case captures the reasoning for initiating a project or task.

    The logic of the business case is that, whenever resources such as money or effort are consumed, they should be in support of a specific business need.

    So why do so many businesses get it horribly wrong?
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    The Bullet-Proof Business Case

  • What is more valuable in the long run - a project manager or a project leader?

    Project leadership means using your skills, experience, confidence, and good reputation to take charge of the project team, your customer, and sometimes even the senior leadership in your organisation, and drive – not manage – them toward a successful conclusion.
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    Leading Successful Projects

  • Our beginner to advanced Microsoft Project Masterclasses can be delivered on the 2010, 2013 and 2016 platforms either in our own labs or your workplace.

    In additional to demonstration files and comprehensive learning notes, we can also provide full software licences to participants, allowing them to take the learning home.
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    Microsoft Project - All Versions

  • A contract usually only protects the rights of parties in worst case scenarios.

    This course shows how to proactively manage contractual relationships so that agreed outcomes are efficiently achieved, without recourse to legal remedy.
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    Contracts & Procurement

  • Although the theory is largely the same, the practice of project risk management is significantly different to that of general (or business-as-usual) risk management.

    In this course, we consider risk within the triple constraints of scope, time and cost, while leveraging the same to realise unplanned opportunities.
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    Managing Project Risk

  • As the name suggests, a Steering Committee helps to steer a project through from start to completion.

    Although in practice the role is complex, its principle purpose is to ensure the project and any changes that need to be made stay true to the objectives of the performing organisation.
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    Steering, not Rowing

  • The "lessons learned" process demands investigating, analyzing and synthesizing key technical and human factors to understand and explain the root cause of project management failure or success.

    Yet even the most comprehensive, forensic project review cannot guarantee future success.

    The real challenge lies in prioritizing, communicating and assimilating these lessons across the entire organisation, enabling a continually improving culture of project excellence.
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    Lessons Actually Learned

  • The internationally renowned IPM colloquia bring together proven project and program management experts from all around the world to speak on issues of relevance to our profession today.

    These events are often linked to regional tours of high profile projects, giving participants a peek behind the curtains at some of the world’s most famous and successful projects today.
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    Colloquia & Study Tours

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vPMO®

Your virtual project management office

A project management office (PMO) is an essential business unit for any organisation delivering multiple, diverse projects or programs of work.

Successfully implemented, a PMO connects people, projects, programs and portfolios in a way that enables better project decision making and assures quality outcomes.

More than a methodology, software or process, a PMO leads a culture of efficient and effective project delivery in organisations.

IPM’s virtual project management office - vPMO® - is the optimal solution for organisations that lack the resources, capability or scale to deliver the suite of benefits that a traditional PMO might offer.

Just like a standard PMO, our service creates a range of efficiencies and improvements for organisations, including the ability to better identify and manage:

  • Project decisions
  • Program intelligence
  • Consistent processes
  • Strategic alignment
  • Resource efficiencies
  • Risks, issues and stakeholders
  • Key person dependencies
  • Quality outcomes
Just what I need!

Testimonials

Don’t just take our word for it…

    Good mix of theory and practical; Ian (trainer) engaged team very well – build DM culture.

    Alexandra Garrott
    Assoc Director - HR Services, Workplace Relations and WHS / University of Tasmania

    Great experience! Thank you I enjoyed the course very much.

    Kim Ayres
    Team Leader Procurement Services / TasWater

    Excellent. Loved it. I would love to progress to a Dip PM. Also – fantastic to meet and learn from smart people. Well done Derek (trainer)!

    Bonnie Tuttle
    Member and Corporate Liaison / Volunteering Tasmania

    Better knowledge and understanding of my peers and built trust and understanding. Useful tools provided to support my role. Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Felt it was inclusive and engaging. I... Read More

    Better knowledge and understanding of my peers and built trust and understanding. Useful tools provided to support my role.

    Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Felt it was inclusive and engaging.

    I gained a lot from this training and had a number of light bulb moments. Excellent.

    Rod Shaw
    Manager Strategy & Information / NSW HealthShare

    Derek is a great trainer. Well done. Very enjoyable course. He doesn’t “answer” your questions rather encourages you to think of alternatives of the questions requires.

    Loreena McCabe
    Business Systems Contract and Support / TasWater

    As a new TasWater employee – enjoyed opportunity to meet others in a non-threatening environment. Good reminder of values and leadership qualities. Great presenter, thanks Ian (trainer).

    Gayle Johnston
    Department Manager, Legal Services / TasWater
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IPM Open

IPM Open is the Institute of Project Management’s innovative, multimedia, project knowledge hub

IPM Open brings together globally renowned experts and proven practitioners in the business of project management.

Our online, open learning portal is a single source of knowledge and insight that connects you to up-to-the-minute global best practice.

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  • What questions do you ask to engage with your project team to improve morale and quality of work? #project… https://t.co/xs2TUCEs8O
    8 hours ago
  • How does the way you and your team think affect the delivery of your projects? #project #management #innovation… https://t.co/A3w9aiGm2I
    1 week ago
  • When it comes to recognizing capabilities, introverts can be influential team members. https://t.co/SDjNtaHnW8 #projectmanagement #teams
    1 week ago
  • Interesting #podcast on mental health and project management. https://t.co/E2ET8Ju9vw #project #management #people #mental #health
    2 weeks ago
  • Now this is project management on a good day.. https://t.co/GMmm63PHQV #projectmanagement #innovation #movies #lessons #technology
    2 weeks ago
  • Great talk on how to facilitate change from Brigita Tomas https://t.co/5ugF2GgSMK #projectmanagement #innovation #tedxtalk #success #change
    3 weeks ago
  • Do you communicate in a way that keeps your project team engaged? https://t.co/1vpRfb5Q2p #tedx #projectmanagement #leadership #innovation
    3 weeks ago
  • Long meetings drain morale and employee engagement tapers off the longer the meetings go #project #management… https://t.co/CqWml3u2wk
    4 weeks ago
  • Failure gives us the push to make our processes better and learn from our mistakes. #project #management… https://t.co/ocPXsBFIvm
    4 weeks ago
  • Do you see a project through to the end with determination? https://t.co/CZzvuOnFfO #project #management #innovation #ted #talks
    4 weeks ago
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