Benefits of Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status
Becoming a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) will show your commitment to professional standards, continuing professional development and ethical and professional conduct. ChPP status gives assurance to your employer and clients showing achievement at a defined level, helping raise the profile and value of project management as a professional practice. Successful candidates on the programme are included on the publicly available APM Register of Chartered Project Professionals.
Benefits of the programme also include:
Recognition from your peers in project management and other professions
Enhanced CV to stand out in the job market
A framework for the development of your career
Assurance for clients of high standards and ethical practice
Use of the post nominal ChPP after your name
Increased understanding, helping you to work more effectively
The ChPP programme is a great way for individuals to achieve the chartered status. We recognise the importance of the project management discipline across the engineering construction industry and invest in the programme to ensure this kind of recognition can be accessed.
Matt Knights
Head of Regional Operations, ECITB
What is assessed for the ChPP programme?
The application process is designed to assess the following areas:
- Technical knowledge: advanced technical knowledge and understanding of how to deliver projects, programmes or portfolios taking into account many interacting factors and different approaches that could be taken.
- Professional practice: successful application of this knowledge to deliver projects, programmes or portfolios that involved uncertainty or conflicting objectives; high levels of unpredictability or risk; multiple work packages, projects or programmes; multiple interdependent stakeholders, possibly with competing interests.
You will need to commit to professional ethics and show continuing professional development (CPD). You will also need two proposers who support your application.
Industry voices: ‘ChPP programme gives me industry recognition’
Hear from project professionals who have gained Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status from the Association for Project Management (APM) on their experiences of the programme.
Michael Scholfield, Jacobs
“As well as the professional recognition, the programme has given me external confirmation of my project management ability. It has reinvigorated my desire and confidence for professional development. I can honestly say, for those wanting chartership, this is the best way to go about it!”
Read Michael’s story
Chris McGee, Harbour Energy
“The programme showed there are other ways of doing things. I gained a broader understanding of the different industries project management covers and discovered a wider toolset and skillset. It gives you lots of methods and tools you can bring into your work. This was really beneficial.”
Read Chris' story
Jennifer Kerr, Subsea7
Jennifer Kerr earned her ChPP status whilst on maternity leave. She said: “Often project management is not perceived as a profession in its own right. Yet it takes a certain skillset to plan projects and make them successful. We need to nurture a new pipeline of talent.”
Read Jennifer's storyChPP 2024/25 programme
Applications for the 2024/25 programme have now closed.
Delivered remotely by Changescope Ltd to allow applicants from anywhere in the UK, the programme is delivered over a series of workshops dedicated to the key areas of the project management discipline.
- Webinar 1 – Planning your portfolio
- Webinar 2 – Developing your competences
- Webinar 3 – Finalising your portfolio before APM submission
- Webinar 4 – Interview planning & preparation
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