P2M

1. Development of the New Project Management Knowledge System (P2M)

This standard guidebook is called "P2M" and prepared for students, businesspeople, managers, and professionals who have concern about project management. The term "P2M" is the abbreviation for "Project and Program Management for Enterprise Innovation." It reflects an intention to enlarge the scope of project and program management from the conventional focus on work front to the overall organization including the general management level.

In the contemporary society, various types of professionals such as lawyers, engineers and CPAs perform activities in their own fields that are vertically divided in the society, while people need professionals capable of solving issues with responsibility that lie across the fields. Particularly, in the knowledge information society where fusion across different fields such as hardware and software is accelerating, such mission-achievement-type professionals are expected to cover various fields of activities, and fostering such human resources and certifying their qualifications are urgently required. In P2M, these mission-achievement-type professionals are classified into the following three types according to their level of responsibilities: Project Management Specialist (PMS), Project Manager Registered (PMR), or Project Management Architect (PMA).

The section, "I. Project Management Entry" in this Guidebook describes the relations between the modern society and professionals, requirements for mission-achievement-type professionals, the history of project management and its application in the modern society, and how to read this book.
In the section, "II. Project Management," the definitions and basic frameworks of projects and project management are integrated based on the common view and relations between integration management and segment management.
"III. Program Management" explains the definitions and basic frameworks for projects and program management. Program management consists of the basic common view for project integration and the integration program management aiming for optimization of programs.
"IV. Segment Management" interprets the management for individual fields as segment management, which is frequently required in project management and program management. The practical guide for segment management, which is described in each chapter of Section Ⅳ, is used in various phases at the appropriate time, place and opportunity to minimize risk and sacrifice, and contribute to maintenance and improvement of value.
P2M works as a guide but it does not necessarily cover all of it. Practical capability should be expanded according to development of science and technology, and mission-achievement-type professionals should endeavor for lifelong learning to build their capabilities.

●	P2M is a guide to acquire the knowledge system of project management for mission-achievement-type professionals.
●	P2M intends accreditation of mission-achievement-type professionals.
●	P2M consists of four parts: Entry, Project Management, and Knowledge Package.
●	P2M selects technical terms and pays attention to their interpretation and integration.

2. Establishment of the Project Management Professionals Certification System

(1)Necessity of training the project managers and establishing a qualification system for them

A capability to create values, which brings together the personnel fostered separately in individually specialized fields, up to achieve higher competitiveness opens up new markets by broadly using such personnel, is expected to contribute to the establishment of a system to satisfy the complicated and high-level needs in the present society.

In other words, the required personnel should be capable of: (1) resolving problems in fields such as industrial engineering and information across corporate divisions / units ; and (2) fully understand policies and strategic missions, as well as integrating groups of specialists.
Employing the PM Professionals Certification System is advantageous because:

3. Outline of PM Professionals Certification System

Professionals are required for practical capability based on knowledge, practical experience and attitude. The way to expert professionals starts with learning the systematic knowledge necessary for becoming a specialist. Meanwhile, with regard to practical matters, their finding and solving cannot be achieved without practical experience. Moreover, professionals are responsible for societies and are required for eagerness, ethics and attitude.
The Project Management Qualification Certifying Center will start certification of the qualification. In the primary level, the qualification of Project Management Specialist (PMS) is certified based on those who have mastered the knowledge pursuant to P2M (Acquired Knowledge Level).
In the next practical level, the qualification of Project Manager Registered (PMR), which requires higher practical capability level and practical experience, is granted, and in the level higher than this, the qualification of Program Management Architect is granted. PMR is focused on the practical capability centering around the project management that is an objective-achievement-type and oriented for work front, while PMA is a qualification for the program management that pursues integrated management of multiple complicated projects, or creation or development orientation of mission-achievement-type projects. For these two qualifications, those who already have the PMS qualification have the right to take the test.

The introduction of a qualification system is expected to bring the effects as follows:

(a)	it is helpful in distributing the P2M and preparation of highly qualified human resources;
(b)	it enables the industries and organizations to improve their competitiveness;
(c)	it is useful in improving the social position of the personnel by giving them pride as professionals;
(d)	it can help to make use of human resources, it can also help create jobs in the era of human resources mobility;
(e)	it contributes to improved coordination with overseas qualification systems and cooperation with developing countries with regard to human capital development.

Abbreviation	Name	Qualification for Test, Effective period, Test type	Level
PMS	PM Specialist Project Management Specialist	Renewal every 5years, written test	Primary
PMR	Project Manager Project Management Registered	PMS + experience of 3-year PM, renewal every 5 years, written test + interview	Practical
PMA	PM Architect Program Management Architect	PMS + experience of 3-year PM, renewal every 5 years, thesis + interview	High

●	Qualification of PMS enables the spread of P2M education and learning of practical capability.
●	Qualification of PMR will increase the chance for project managers to be socially recognized and employed.
●	Qualification of PMA will increase the chance for revitalization or innovation through the creation of project type business.
●	The qualification system will improve the competence of professionals to deal with complex issues.