For those who meet the eligibility criteria but don’t have a recognised assessment.
What is the Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) standard?
Chartered status shows you’ve achieved the highest standard of expertise and have proven your exceptional project capabilities, through a defined level of technical knowledge, professional practice and ethical behaviour.
The standard has been designed to be equally accessible to individuals both with or without project management qualifications (APM or others) but with significant relevant experience of projects, programmes or portfolios. It’s drawn from the APM Competence Framework.
We recognise the diverse paths individuals take into the profession, offering four pathways to ChPP.
Important note for Pathway 3 validation
If you hold the APM Project Management Qualification, you’ll need to validate your experience to confirm your Recognised Assessment for Professional Practice for the Pathway 3.
Get your APM validation here
If you hold the APM Project Management Qualification, you’ll need to validate your experience to confirm your Recognised Assessment for Professional Practice for the Pathway 3.
Get your APM validation here
Who is chartered for?
Our Chartered Project Professionals span a range of sectors, ages and career stages, from organisations big and small. It’s for project professionals that:
- Are professionally active with a proven track record of delivering projects, programmes or portfolios that exhibit characteristics of complexity or if you work in a key role enabling successful project delivery.
- Have the required breadth of project experience to meet the competence requirements.
- Have an advanced technical knowledge and can confidently evaluate and analyse theory of current practices and methods.
- Are committed to continuing professional development and an ethical way of working.
- Meet the eligibility criteria.
Please note: You do not need to be an APM member to apply and there is no minimum years’ experience requirement.
Why become a Chartered Project Professional? |
Global recognition |
| Becoming a Chartered Project Professional gives you global credibility, recognition and validates your expertise. This boosts your reputation, opens doors to new opportunities, and builds trust with clients and peers through external validation of skills. |
Networking opportunities |
| Joining a community of fellow Chartered Project Professionals provides valuable networking opportunities allowing you to connect and collaborate with like-minded professionals in the field. |
For those who meet the eligibility criteria and have a recognised assessment for technical knowledge.
For those who meet the eligibility criteria and have a recognised assessment for professional practice.
For those who meet the eligibility criteria and have a recognised assessment for both professional practice and technical knowledge.
What is a recognised assessment?
A recognised assessment is awarded to an organisation who can show that a particular development programme or qualification meets either the technical knowledge or the technical knowledge and professional practice criteria needed to achieve the standard.
This means that if you have successfully passed the assessment you’ll be eligible to apply for the Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) standard via Pathway 2, 3 or 4.
ChPP Self-Assessment Tool
The ChPP Self-Assessment Tool helps assess your readiness and identify the most suitable evidence for your application, as well as highlight areas for development.
APM Charted Standard. Trusted by BP
In this case study, we explore the impact Chartership has had on Corporate Partner BP, highlighting how the organisation has embedded the Chartered standard across its global project community.
BP has adopted the APM Pathway route to make Chartership more accessible, enabling experienced practitioners to evidence their competence through a structured, externally recognised assessment process. All senior project leaders have progressed through the Chartered route, helping to raise capability, drive consistency, and build a stronger culture of mentoring and professional development. With more than 35 professionals now chartered – and counting – BP is seeing the benefits of a globally recognised benchmark that strengthens leadership, enhances mobility, and elevates project delivery across international operations.
Chartering a safer future for the built environment
Do you work in the built environment? As of 1 October 2023 you now need to prove you have the competence or are supervised by a competent project professional as defined in the Buildings Safety Act to manage the construction of buildings of any size. Our chartered standard can help demonstrate professional competence.
You can find out more about the changes here.