Curious About What CCMP Is?

CCMP. What do these letters mean and why should you care? CCMP stands for Certified Change Management Professional. The Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) has been working hard to develop industry recognized certification programs. The CCMP designation is the first in a series of change management certifications to recognize the accomplishments of change professionals around the world.

Starting on May 15, 2016, CCMP will be available to everyone for application. You can go to www.myccmp.org to find out more about CCMP.

Why are we doing this? In a recent profession-wide survey on the future of Change Management we asked: “What additional professional development could you use…?”
“A global, credible, consistent method for certifying change professionals.”
“An accepted certification process … that is recognized as legitimate.”
“…a certification to help organizations assess who is qualified to be a change practitioner.”

In response, development began on the CCMP program which will:

• Be globally recognized across countries and industries
• Enable change management practitioners to demonstrate they have met specified criteria and achieved a level of understanding of and familiarity with change management standard practice
• Support organizations in establishing good change management practice through improved recruitment and clear career development paths for change management practitioners
• Advance change management as a profession by clarifying the distinctive nature and value of the change practitioner role

Training and CCMP

• CCMP is not a training program itself, nor does it or ACMP offer training. The training you take to fulfill the required 21 hours is up to you. Any instructor-led (classroom or online) change management training that aligns with The Standard will fulfill this requirement. To help you identify courses that meet the requirements, ACMP developed the Qualified Education Provider (QEP) program (click Find Courses in the bottom right). The courses listed have been ‘pre-qualified’ as aligned with The Standard and they count towards the 21 hours you need.

• If you took training with a provider which is not a QEP it may still qualify. In the CCMP application you will be asked to submit a description of the course with an outline and learning objectives so ACMP can evaluate the fit between the content and The Standard. If you are unsure whether it will be a match, download and review The Standard and conduct a comparison to determine if the course content is aligned with the five process groups.