1. Mary-Jane Boughton
Membership Development Manager
APM Corporate
Accreditation

2. Topics to be covered
 What is Corporate accreditation?
 Application process
 Benefits of Corporate accreditation

3. Corporate Accreditation

4. The core components
A framework or methodology which defines the
processes and practices for an individual or a
community
A competence framework to map levels of
knowledge and experience at appropriate levels
Qualifications to provide developmental
opportunities and recognition of competence at
appropriate levels
A continuing professional development scheme that
broadens horizons and builds understanding
through sharing of good practice
Recognition that true professionals should be
accountable for their actions and adhere to a code
of ethics and professional conduct

5. Application process
 Registration of interest
 Membership Development Manager assigned
 Completion of application form
 External assessment
 Assessment decision
 Annual review

6. Benefits
 Helps to retain and attract the best project managers
 Key stakeholders know – right people, right level of
competency
 APM logo
 Case study
 Assessor report

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Network Rail’s P3M development journey
Toby Robins – P3M discipline manager

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Content
► Introduction
► Context
► P3M development programme – people
► APM assessment:
• Breadth
• Depth
• Achievement
• Commitment
• Accountability
► Why accreditation is important to Network Rail
► Questions

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Introduction
► Toby Robins MAPM
► Network Rail – Infrastructure Projects
► Discipline Manager – P3M
►Professional experience - change management

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Context
► Network Rail deliver portfolios, programmes and projects
► Entering ‘control period 5’ – efficiency challenges
► Circa £4 billion CAPEX per year on infrastructure works
► Mature / embedded project delivery practices
• High competence levels
• GRIP (Governance for Rail Infrastructure Projects) lifecycle used by rail industry
• World class systems
► Portfolios practices are less mature
► Matrix (discipline) management approach to developing people – 2009
► Circa 2,500 P3M employees in Network Rail
► Devolution – 2012
► P3M development programme (strategy agreed with Executive community)
• People: APM accreditation (2013)
• Process: P3M3 assessments (2014)
• Systems: develop programme and portfolio

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► Pan Infrastructure Projects senior leadership group
► APM assessment (5 dimensions or professionalism):
• Breadth
• Depth
• Achievement
• Commitment
• Accountability
P3M development programme – people

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Supporting breadth
Sharepoint includes:
► APM’s Body of Knowledge (version 6)
► Other publications
► The PM Channel learning management system

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Supporting depth
► Competence framework
► APM’s technical competences
► Internal competences (safety, environmental,
collaborative working and quality)
► Annual assessment

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Supporting achievement

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Supporting commitment
Community SharePoint Site
PM Channel
CPD Events
Webinars

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Supporting accountability
► Corporate membership of APM since 1994
► Supportive policy for individual professional subscription

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Why accreditation is important to Network Rail
► Network Rail is constantly evolving – provides assurance to our people that
their professional development is consistent with good practice
► Efficiency challenges – enables us to assure key funders that we are
developing our people to deliver the requirements
► We work with a number of suppliers – it helps us to demonstrate the level of
professionalism we aspire to and expect

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Next stage of the journey
People:
► Increase level of individual memberships
► Individuals own their development – training & development framework
► Core level of Registered Project Professionals
► Capability modelling – targeted developments and science behind the demand
► Internal webinars
Process
► Programme and portfolio lifecycles
► Business improvements from P3M3 (portfolio, programme and project
management maturity modelling)

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20. Next steps
 Recording of this presentation will be
available on YouTube by Friday – a link
and survey will be sent out.
 Further information:
mary-jane.boughton@apm.org.uk
 Thank you for your time