Business Resilience Fundamentals

Business Resilience facilitates an innovative, efficient and customer value led culture, achieved through proven practical guidance, tools and models, such as the Progress @ Pace model.

It provides a unique PACE Culture to sustain an organization through disruptive or VUCA conditions; and when merged with RESILIENCE Foundations and the PROGRESS Cycle, a high-performance environment is created where organizations can deliver Progress @ Pace.

The examination forms part of the Business Resilience Fundamentals course. The course and certification are aimed at organizational leaders, practicing managers in project & programme management, and others with an interest in building organizational resilience.

Individuals also have the option of self-study to prepare for the examinations by purchasing the core text from APMG Business Books. APMG-International administer online exam sessions, allowing those who self-study the opportunity to sit an online exam from the comfort of their own home or office. Our online proctoring system allows you to take your exam anytime as sessions are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For more information, please click here.

Training for Business Resilience Fundamentals is available from the network of Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs) who are assessed and certified by APMG-International. The full list of Business Resilience Fundamentals ATOs can be found on this page. Only these organizations and registered partners/affiliates are authorized to deliver Business Resilience Fundamentals training.

Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs) usually include the examination as part of their training course – please check with your ATO before booking.

If you are sitting the examination through an accredited training organization, the cost of the exam is generally included in the course fee but please check with your training provider at the time of booking.

There are no pre-requisites for taking the Business Resilience Fundamentals examination.

The Business Resilience Fundamentals examination is supported by the following text: Business Resilience - A Practical Guide to Sustained Progress Delivered at Pace

The Business Resilience Fundamentals exam is currently only available in English.

For individuals studying with an accredited training organization, Foundation style courses are generally delivered over 3 days. It is well worth investigating with individual providers, as some will offer tailored, online, or blended learning solutions.

No, the Business Resilience Fundamentals exam is only available as closed book.

Yes, all candidates can access a sample exam paper to practice on via the Candidate Portal. Access to the Candidate Portal is given once your ATO has registered your exam date and time with APMG.

The Business Resilience Fundamentals certificate does not expire.

Provisional results for the examination are fed back to candidates either orally by the invigilator or on-screen at the end of an online exam.

For online exams APMG will formally process and confirm results via the Candidate Portal within 2 working days of receipt of the completed papers.

For paper exams APMG will issue formal notification of your exam result once your exam paper has been received back into our office. All results will be made available in your Candidate Portal.

Candidates will be able to claim their digital badge and electronic certificate from their APMG Candidate Portal within two business days of their exam result being issued.

Digital badges allow you to easily showcase your achievements online.  When you pass an exam - you'll instantly have the option to claim a digital badge representing your new certificate. Your badge can be embedded on an email signature, website, social media or digital CV. With just one click employers, customers and clients can easily view and verify your credentials and skills.

Please download our digital sharing presentation for more information.

Once you’ve been notified that you’ve passed your exam - you will have the option to create a digital badge in APMG's Candidate Portal. Visit APMG's Candidate Portal, view your exam results and select 'Create Badge'. This takes you to the Credly website where the digital badges are hosted. You will be guided through the Credly account creation process.

Once you have created an account with Credly - login into the account and accept your pending badge.

You can always access all your electronic certificates and badges via the APMG Candidate Portal. Once you have logged on to the Candidate Portal, click on the ‘Badges and Certificates’ option from the menu bar at the top of screen. From here you should click on the ‘Create Badge/Certificate’ button. This will take you to the Credly platform to create and account and download your badge and certificate.

Step-by-step guidance is available to download from the ‘Badges and Certificates’ area in your Candidate Portal.

Electronic certificates are environmentally friendly, but you can print the certificate yourself at home or work, if required. If you have any problems with accessing your digital certificate, please contact our Customer Interaction Team - servicedesk@apmg-international.com.

Pass marks for the Business Resilience Fundamentals exam is 25/50 (50%).

To be eligible to apply to become a Business Resilience Fundamentals trainer, individuals must hold the certificate for the course that you wish to teach. All trainers must be ‘sponsored’ by an APMG accredited training organization. To find out more about becoming a trainer, please contact your local APMG representative.

An organization wishing to become a Business Resilience Fundamentals ATO must first contact our Service Desk. They will put you in touch with your local business development manager who can discuss the accreditation process with you.

Candidates who have passed the Business Resilience Fundamentals examination can put “Business Resilience Fundamentals” certified on their business cards.

Only organizations licensed to do so are allowed to use the Business Resilience Fundamentals logo. Such organizations include Business Resilience Fundamentals Accredited Training Organizations who have been approved by APMG-International. Individuals are not permitted to use the Business Resilience Fundamentals logo, however, all individuals who pass the exam are awarded with a digital badge which can be shared on social media and embedded into your CV/resume.