Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)

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.

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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.

Hear from our Chartered Project Professionals

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.

Free online clinics

We run a range of free monthly support clinics to help you through your application to becoming a Chartered Project Professional.

Looking for employer funding?

If you're seeking financial funding from your employer for your Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) application, we've provided a template letter to help you make your request.

Assessment cycle dates

We process applications through an assessment cycle. 

*The results release date is provisional, subject to interview availability and volume. Successful applicants will be notified via email from the chartered team and will be added to the public directory on the APM website if they have opted to do so.

Register of Chartered Project Professionals

The register lists Chartered Project Professionals who have met the standard by demonstrating a defined level of technical knowledge, professional practice and ethical behaviour.

View the register

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 has been named as a way of proving professional competence. Those who hold ChPP and have the relevant experience in the built environment, will be regarded as being able to demonstrate competence until September 2025.

You can find out more about the changes here.