Many government projects suffer the peril of non-completion. This situation is much pronounced in government roads and bridges projects, hydropower projects, thermal power projects, housing projects, agricultural projects, educational policies & programmes, and directly affects the lives of the people and the government’s development agenda. The profession of project management is changing rapidly.
Organizations have evolved their ability to define and implement new areas of work, with more integration of project management principles and more focus on the long-term benefits. Project management, then, is established as the preeminent method for making change in organizations and businesses and project, programme and portfolio managers are leading the way. The professionals of tomorrow will work in distributed environments with overlapping and often conflicting stakeholder interests, challenged with too much information and not enough communication and judged by their ability to deliver products or services that align with short and long term strategies, to deliver benefits (Dr. David Ackah, 2017).
In order to avoid the menace of projects’ non-completion, regulating project professional and practitioners with professional’s certification has been identified as one of the root cause measure to adopt as mitigating measure. According to Martin J. Williams (2016), “Using an original database of over 14,000 small development projects in Ghana, I estimate that approximately one-third of projects that start is never completed, consuming nearly one-fifth of all local government capital spending”.
Level 1 – Student Member (Certificate)
The students must study and pass the professional examination of the below courses:
- PMP1001 Management of Projects
- PMP1002 Project Scope Management
- PMP1003 Project Schedule Management
- PMP1004 Project Accounting
- PMP1005 Project Communication Management
- PMP1006 Project Administration Management
Level 2 – Associate Member (Advance Certificate)
The students must study and pass the professional examination of the below courses:
- PMP2001 Project Six Sigma
- PMP2002 Project Cost Management
- PMP2003 Principles of Operations Research
- PMP2004 Project Stakeholder Management
- PMP2005 Project Organizational Environment
- PMP2006 Ethics & Code of Conduct
Level 3 – Full Member (Professional Diploma)
The students must study and pass the professional examination of the below courses:
- PMP3001 Project Procurement Management
- PMP3002 Modern Project Management
- PMP3003 Project Operation Management
- PMP3004 Managing Lean Project
- PMP3005 Project Human Resource Management
- PMP3006 Advance Operations Research
Level 4 – Chartered Member (Professional Advance Diploma)
The students must study and pass the professional examination of the below courses:
- PMP4001 Project Management Element
- PMP4002 Project Management Leadership
- PMP4003 Project Quality Management
- PMP4004 Project Risk Management
- PMP4005 Project Selection & Prioritization
- PMP4006 Project Initiation Process Group
Level 5 – Master PMP (Professional Graduate Diploma)
The students must study and pass the professional examination of the below courses:
- PMP5001 Project Integration Management
- PMP5002 Project Planning Process Group
- PMP5003 Project Execution Process Group
- PMP5004 Project Monitoring & Controlling Process Group
- PMP5005 Agile Project Management
- PMP5006 Implementing Agile Project
Level 6 – Project Engineer/Consultant (Professional Post Graduate Diploma)
The Level 6 includes Project Consultancy, & engineering theory. Students are expected to use analytical concepts in their study. They will be aware of managerial decision making, project performance, sustainability, and global environmental issues. Students will develop skills and research methodology and importantly must produce a work–based project. The students must choose their area of specialization to study and pass the professional six (6) papers examination from the follow specialization:
- Project Management Consulting
- Project Monitoring & Evaluation
- Project Financial Engineering
- Project Procurement Engineering
- Project Health Safety Management
- Project Development Planning
- Petroleum Project Engineering
Programme Fees: Tuition fees for the applied programme is as below
| Fees Type | Ghanaian | International |
| Tuition Fee – Certificate | Gh¢2500.00 | $1000 |
| Tuition Fee – Advance Certificate | Gh¢2500.00 | $1000 |
| Tuition Fee – Professional Diploma | Gh¢2500.00 | $1000 |
| Tuition Fee – Professional Advance Diploma | Gh¢2500.00 | $1000 |
| Tuition Fee – Professional Graduate Diploma | Gh¢2500.00 | $1000 |
| Tuition Fee – Professional Post Graduate Diploma | Gh¢2500.00 | $1000 |
| Membership Subscription Fees | Gh¢500.00 | $200.00 |
| Total Programme Fee | Gh¢15,500.00 | $6,200.00 |
PMP Membership Certification
Members under taking or who has successfully taking the Institute of Project Management Professionals Programmes shall be awarded certificates once they complete all the professional practicum and course requirement of the institute programme. The institute, by its Professional Bodies Approval with National Revolution Council Decree (NRCD 143) 1973, registered TVET Center for Council for Technical & Vocational Education & Training (COTVET) and its affiliation with National Board of Professional & Technical Examination (NABPTEX), award and issued its own certificates and transcripts to members and individuals that successfully complete their programme.