Perfecting projects and programmes.
Fully optimise all aspects of project, programme and portfolio delivery with the free, community driven Praxis Framework.
By covering the full breadth of guidance needed for effective project and programme management within a single framework – Knowledge, Method, Competency and Capability - Praxis is the most efficient means of delivering projects and programmes.
Enabling success:
- Completely comprehensive – encompassing knowledge, method, competency and capability.
- Maximum efficiency – negating the need to cross reference or translate between guides by using a common taxonomy and terminology across all areas.
- The only best practice guide that supports all elements of the UK Government’s Project Delivery Standard.
- Community driven – Praxis practitioners are encouraged to actively share insights and suggest improvements to any page of the framework, which will be considered for inclusion.
- Easily tailorable to any project context.
- Continual development – the entire framework is available for free online, empowering you to undertake professional development wherever and whenever needed.
The Praxis Framework Certifications
The Praxis Framework Certifications confirm you understand and can apply the framework to projects and programmes – ensuring they achieve optimal results.
You would need to take at least three separate project and programme management certifications to reach the breadth of guidance provided by Praxis.
The contents of these certifications often overlap - forcing you to study duplicated themes and terminologies, risk management for example is covered by many certifications.
Being completely comprehensive, Praxis removes repetition by covering all of the key areas – combining the value of three introductory certifications into a single one.
Illustrating the quality of the Praxis Framework certifications, the Praxis Framework Bridging Course has been endorsed by the Australia's leading project management association (AIPM) and it is an APM Recognised Assessment for the Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) standard.
Certify your ability to:
- Deliver projects and programmes successfully utilising a comprehensive framework.
- Perform as a highly responsive project or programme manager – able to implement the framework at any stage of delivery.
- Understand project and programme functions plus the processes and documentation used to manage lifecycle phases.
- Develop and maintain an effective project or programme delivery infrastructure in a decreased timescale.
- Apply and tailor Praxis to your organisation by inserting your own process model, templates and content into the framework.
- Understand the similarities and differences between Praxis and other prominent guides such as: PRINCE2, MSP and the APM Body of Knowledge.
Praxis Framework Foundation
Work effectively as part of any project or programme management team.
- Individuals interested in a career in project or programme management.
- Individuals pursuing the Praxis Framework Practitioner certificate.
- Practising project or programme managers.
- Project or programme team members wishing to become managers.
- Characteristics and context of a project and a programme and the benefits of effective project and programme management.
- Purpose of the Praxis Framework, the project and programme roles, documents and functions, and their use in the Praxis process models.
- Goals and activities within the Praxis Frameworks process models and how they interface.
- Importance and goals of interpersonal skills in the project and programme environment, and their recognised models.
- 75 simple multiple-choice questions
- 60 minutes duration
- Closed book
- 50% pass mark (38 marks out of 75).
Praxis Framework Practitioner
Learn to apply and tailor the Praxis Framework to your organisation’s projects or programmes.
- The Praxis Framework Foundation certificate.
- Practising project or programme managers.
- Business Change Managers.
- Administrative Support (for example Project and Programme Office personnel).
- The relationships between the roles, documents, functions, techniques and processes.
- How to apply the roles, functions, techniques and processes to a project and programme scenario.
- How to create and assess project and programme documents for a given scenario.
- Complex multiple-choice questions
- 2 ½ hours duration
- Open book (only the Praxis Framework can be referred to)
- 50% pass mark (40 marks out of 80).
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Bridging Course
For those certified in other frameworks this is another route to becoming a Practitioner
The Praxis Framework Bridging Course has been endorsed by the AIPM - recognising the course as an example of exemplary training for project management professionals.
- AIPM is Australia's leading project management association
- Endorsed courses are reviewed by an expert Endorsed Course Assessor; renowned industry experts in project management
- The endorsement confirms that the Bridging Course certifies knowledge which reflects industry standards.
The Bridging Course is an alternative route to becoming a Praxis Framework Practitioner - without the need to be Praxis Framework Foundation certified.
The Bridging Course is a good option for those already certified in other frameworks like PRINCE2® or PFQ. The Bridging Course concludes with the Practitioner exam - so by successfully completing the course you will become Praxis Framework Practitioner certified.
At least one of the following:
- PRINCE2® Foundation or Practitioner Certificate
- MSP® Foundation, Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner Certificate
- APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) Certificate
- APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) Certificate
- PRINCE2 Agile® Practitioner Certificate
- PM4SD™ Foundation or Practitioner Certificate.
- PMP®
- PgMP®
- How to apply and tailor the Praxis Framework Management (P3M) functions and the interpersonal skills required of a project or programme manager to the complexity of a given scenario.
- The similarities and differences between the Praxis Framework and PRINCE2®, MSP® and APM BoK.
- The exam taken at the end of the Bridging Course is the Practitioner exam - as the Bridging Course is another route to becoming a Praxis Practitioner.
- Complex multiple-choice questions
- 2 ½ hours duration
- Open book (only the Praxis Framework can be referred to)
- 50% pass mark (40 marks out of 80).
Praxis Framework Professional
Demonstrate your project management experience in order to become a Chartered Project Professional
- The Praxis Framework Practitioner Certificate.
- At least 5 years’ experience, with a proven track record of delivering projects, programmes or portfolios in a management, control or enabling role. Some of the projects, programmes or portfolios you have worked on must exhibit characteristics of complexity.
- A breadth of experience in 13 Praxis Framework Professional competencies.
- An advanced technical knowledge that enables you to confidently evaluate and analyse current practices and methods.
Please see the ‘What is required?’ question above, as Praxis Framework Professional is for elite and experienced project, programme and portfolio managers. It is also a route to becoming a APM Chartered Project Professional.
- A written submission including a summary of the case for you becoming a Praxis Framework Professional and summaries of your notable projects.
- Referee(s) endorsement.
- A portfolio of evidence.
- A presentation to an assessor and a professional discussion.
For more information please contact one of our accredited advisors, or download the full candidate guidance. The application form is also available here.
Chartered Project Professional
Become globally recognised for professional excellence. This level is administered by APM.
- The Praxis Framework Professional Certificate.
- 35 hours of Continual Professional Development (CPD) within the last 12 months.
Project, Programme and Portfolio professionals who want international recognition of their ability to deliver complex projects and programs.
These project professionals will have a proven track record delivering projects, programmes, portfolios or a key control or enabling function and up-to-date knowledge of current practices and methods. They will be actively involved in the project profession.
An interview up to 30 minutes long to discuss their commitment to professional ethics, currency of mandatory competences and Continual Professional Development (CPD).
Continual Professional Development (CPD) log with at least 35 hours of CPD recorded within the last 12 months. To find more information on what is required in the log please see the APM website.
Visit the APM website to apply.
