Develop your personal and commercial competencies to complement your technical expertise.
PS Professional is the world’s only dedicated certification scheme designed to develop and recognise your technical, commercial and personal strengths.
It takes more than technical skills alone to distinguish stand out in today’s professional services world. Modules of the PS Professional certification scheme, developed by experienced Professional Services practitioners and monitored by an independent board, will help to unlock your potential and help you rise above the crowd.
Whilst recognizing existing technical certifications, PS Professional aims to shape the consultant of tomorrow, expanding upon their technical expertise to offer greater commercial insight and personal effectiveness through a practical and respected training and certification programme.
Certify your ability to understand:
- The essentials of engagement and how to make a lasting impression (Athlete)
- The techniques and methodologies for forecasting disruptive technologies (Authority)
- The purpose of the promoted engagement techniques (Catalyst)
- The principles of marketing and a marketing strategy, which is applicable and relevant to every area of business and professional service (Executive)
- How to connect, convince, and collaborate with clients using insight selling (Rainmaker)
Rainmaker
Develop your sales expertise.
To be a good Rainmaker, you need to be good in front of the customer and accurately translate what it is that they want, and not simply what you have to offer them.
People working or aspiring to work within Professional Services roles including pre sales, solutions architects, project managers, consultants, service managers, engineers, sales people and team leaders or managers.
- Enhancing your commercial awareness and sales orientation.
- Mastering the art of accurately identifying and assessing client needs.
- Aligning client needs with current and future business offerings.
- Be more effective in client engagements.
- Mastering bid and scoping proposals/documents.
Click here to view/download the PS Professional Rainmaker syllabus.
- 75 simple multiple choice questions (including 5 trial questions)
- 60 minutes duration
- Closed book
- 50% pass mark (35 marks out of 70)
- 75 simple multiple choice questions (including 5 trial questions)
- 2.5 hours duration
- Closed book
- 50% pass mark (38 marks out of 75)
Click here to try a sample PS Professional Rainmaker exam.
Athlete
Become an informed member of a professional services delivery team.
The foundations of being an Athlete are about being professional in how you come across and in everything you do.
People working, or aspiring to work, within Professional Services. Roles may include, but are not limited to, pre sales, solutions architects, project managers, consultants, service managers, engineers, sales people and team leaders or managers.
- Maximising your effectiveness and productivity.
- Building and maintaining trust and effective relationships with colleagues and clients.
- How to learn and benefit from concepts for efficiency and productivity.
- Enhancing your influencing skills for more productive and profitable outcomes.
- How to become a productivity ninja!
Click here to view/download the PS Professional Athlete syllabus.
- 50 simple multiple choice questions
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book
- 50% pass mark (25 marks out of 50)
Click here to try a sample PS Professional Athlete Foundation exam.
Executive
Understand the business landscape and the financials.
A wide range of roles operating in professional services within the IT and Telecoms industries including – but not limited to – professional services directors and heads of departments, business solutions consultants and project/service managers.
- Mastering the business landscape, going beyond technical expertise.
- Bolstering your strategic awareness & insight.
- Developing your understanding of the economy and implications on your industry.
- Recognising the basics of financial management.
- Assessing the key elements of marketing and identify the key fundamentals to business strategy.
Click here to view/download the PS Professional Executive syllabus.
- 50 simple multiple choice questions
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book
- 50% pass mark (25 marks out of 50)
Click here to try a sample PS Professional Executive Foundation exam.
Catalyst
Cultivate transparent communication
The biggest complaint people have is not getting regular feedback when something has gone wrong.
Therefore the foundation of being a Catalyst is to develop skills around interacting with transparency when communicating with customers, possessing solid project methods for both project management and implementation, and the ability to act on escalations and issues.
A wide range of roles operating in professional services within the IT and Telecoms industries including – but not limited to – professional services directors and heads of departments, business solutions consultants and project/service managers.
- Master the principles of effective client & stakeholder engagements.
- Improve your ability to manage expectations.
- Help to foster a culture of customer service excellence.
- Understand project and implementation fundamentals.
- Become more effective at dealing with urgency and escalations.
Click here to view/download the PS Professional Catalyst syllabus.
- 50 simple multiple choice questions
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book
- 50% pass mark (25 marks out of 50)
Click here to try a sample PS Professional Catalyst Foundation exam.
Authority
Develop sound technical knowledge in a chosen field.
A wide range of roles operating in professional services within the IT and Telecoms industries and professions, including – but not limited to – professional services directors and heads of departments, business solutions consultants and project/service managers.
- Understanding the six distinct categories of disruptive technology and their impact on adoption.
- Gaining technology awareness that supports appropriate technology forecasting.
- Using model-based techniques for forecasting disruptive technology.
- Improving identification and assessment of your organization’s capabilities for adapting to technology change.
- Developing and enhancing design documentation skills.
Click here to view/download the PS Professional Authority syllabus.
- 50 simple multiple choice questions
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book
- 50% pass mark (25 marks out of 50)
Click here to try a sample PS Professional Authority Foundation exam.
