ABSTRACT
This chapter examines a few of the ways in which people considering career development through training and education can seek education and training to achieve a project management qualification. Organisations and individuals can undertake training and development in a number of different ways. These can include face-to-face classes, e-learning or a combination of both. Most project management training and development is knowledge-based. Some knowledge-based training will use examples and case studies that relate to the business sector of the individual. This has both advantages and disadvantages in that having close to home case studies can impair the learning process because people can be drawn into the context or detail and ignore the overarching project management process. International Project Management Association (IPMA) has developed a four-level certification system to which the UKs APM and all other member associations do subscribe to. Most of Office of Government Commerce (OGC) qualifications are tied into published methodologies and Managing Successful Programmes (MSP).
