Whether you manage projects, programmes or portfolios, chartered status shows you’ve achieved the highest standard of expertise and have proven your exceptional project capabilities.
We’re APM: Association for Project Management
We’re the only chartered membership organisation for the project profession in the world. We have over 45,000 members and more than 470 corporate partners that benefit from what we do.
Our activities – from qualifications, networking and events to research, resources and debate – raise the profile of the project profession, challenge the status quo where it matters and set the highest standards. In a complex world, we’re helping the project profession deliver better. Because when projects succeed, society benefits.
Wherever you are in your career, our project management qualifications grow your skillset, enhance your credentials and give you a competitive edge so you can deliver better.
Be a part of APM and at every stage of your career you’ll make an impact, delivering better projects with better outcomes. That’s better for you and for the wider world too.
Discover the benefits that APM Corporate Partnership delivers
Take a trip to the Roundhouse in Birmingham where the National Trust’s project professionals talk all things qualifications, explaining the impact their membership has made to the projects they deliver, as well as their individual careers.
National Trust, The Roundhouse, Birmingham & West Midlands
The Power of Clarity - turning complexity into confidence
In an increasingly complex and dynamic world, finding clarity in projects is critical to project success. Building an accurate picture of your project’s past, present and future is the only way to identify risks early, deal with issues effectively and make clear, unbiased, objective decisions. The Power of Clarity will focus on the drivers of project clarity and how to achieve it. Explore our resources arounds these themes:
Behavioural
How optimism bias and misrepresentation can distort project decisions, making clear leadership and honest communication essential.
Organisational
How psychological safety helps teams raise issues early, speak honestly and make better decisions.
Technical
How strong project controls, supported by data and artificial intelligence, bring clarity to complex projects and changing skills.
The APM Body of Knowledge is an essential resource for project professionals seeking to adapt and thrive in today’s project environment.
Whether you’re an experienced professional, a career changer, or just starting your journey, this comprehensive resource provides valuable insights and knowledge to help you to navigate the changing landscape and contribute positively to the world around us.
Project magazine
Latest articles from Project magazine for paying members only
We get very hung up about leadership, but if you saw the portraits bold sketches of men and women in their workwear their hands exaggeratedly large in their workgloves, you would quickly recognise that, although leadership is important, its the people on the ground who we depend on for successful delivery.
The March interview allows the issue of professional maturity to be explored in more depth. It touches on APMs development of a unifying professional standard for project management. It also highlights the 50 letters of support a record number received by APM for its campaign for chartered status on behalf of the profession from major government departments, blue-chip corporate organisations and other leading professional bodies.
News
Latest news from the project community
Explore the implications of this conception of value for the development of strategies and the design of change programmes for implementation. The roles of portfolio and programme management in achieving alignment between the strategic level and individual projects will be linked to the focus on value as a bridging concept.
Dr Joel Carboni speaks to Matthew Johnson from Association for Project Management about how business leaders can rethink sustainability and transformation to become catalysts for meaningful change.
The podcast unpacks ESG beyond frameworks and reporting, exploring how it is interpreted across organisations, where greenwashing can emerge, and the role governance plays in maintaining accountability and trust. It also reflects on the growing scrutiny around ESG and the challenges organisations face in translating ambition into meaningful outcomes.
Discussion on the importance of leadership and behaviour in making sure we gain clarity on the status of our projects through constructive and honest project performance conversations leading to good decision making.
Why do we need to establish a PMO, what are the benefits. Key processes and best practice. What are the types of PMO. Configuration for Project, Programme and Portfolio Levels. This event was held on 16 April 2026.
Blogs
Latest blogs from the project community
We get very hung up about leadership, but if you saw the portraits bold sketches of men and women in their workwear their hands exaggeratedly large in their workgloves, you would quickly recognise that, although leadership is important, its the people on the ground who we depend on for successful delivery.
