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Investing in project management certification: Do organisations get their money’s worth?

Investing in project management certification: Do organisations get their money’s worth? The professionalisation of project management has been a contentious topic for some time. Project management certification is seen as a step towards the professionalisation of the discipline. Certifications were developed as a means to provide individuals with the appropriate knowledge and skills required to deliver projects successfully. Although project management certification programmes are now commonplace across the globe, research is yet to fully investigate the true influence certifications have on project performance. This paper revealed that South African IT project performance is not influenced by project management certification. Moreover, it was established that certifications need to be redesigned to ensure that the professionalisation of project management remains on track. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Technology and Management Springer Journals

Investing in project management certification: Do organisations get their money’s worth?

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2017 by Springer Science+Business Media New York
Subject
Business and Management; IT in Business; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Computer Communication Networks; Business and Management, general
ISSN
1385-951X
eISSN
1573-7667
DOI
10.1007/s10799-017-0275-y
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Abstract

The professionalisation of project management has been a contentious topic for some time. Project management certification is seen as a step towards the professionalisation of the discipline. Certifications were developed as a means to provide individuals with the appropriate knowledge and skills required to deliver projects successfully. Although project management certification programmes are now commonplace across the globe, research is yet to fully investigate the true influence certifications have on project performance. This paper revealed that South African IT project performance is not influenced by project management certification. Moreover, it was established that certifications need to be redesigned to ensure that the professionalisation of project management remains on track.

Journal

Information Technology and ManagementSpringer Journals

Published: May 2, 2017

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