With IPMA Delta certification, organisations …
- obtain a leading, international certification of their project management competence,
- identify their areas of improvement and actions needed to improve their project management,
- start a continuous improvement process with measureable objectives,
- achieve better results in projects, programmes and portfolios through a more efficient and effective management,
- raise visibility of project management in their organisation,
- develop project management and learn from IPMA Delta’s local and international assessors,
- determine their status quo in project management and benchmark it against other organisations, and
- improve their market position through the Delta Effect.
WestLB (2011): IPMA Delta class 4, managed certificate
“For many years, WestLB AG has had a strong project management culture. The relevant structures and processes as well as project management competences are regularly updated to reflect market standards. In particular, today’s challenges demand high quality project management. The recent assessment by the GPM, an independent institution, has confirmed the quality of WestLB’s project management organisation. We are delighted to have obtained IPMA Delta Class 4. The service provided by GPM, the approach used for the assessment and the recommendations for improvement entirely met our expectations.”
Andreas Bolte, WestLB AG, Head of Project Portfolio Management
Sberbank (2010): IPMA Delta class 2, defined certificate
“It is surprising for me that our competency development model for Sberbank of Russia has similar principles as the international IPMA Delta model. Now we are sure that we are heading in the right direction with our strategic development and we can achieve our very ambitious goals in 2014 to enter the five largest banks in the world.”
German Gref, President of Sberbank
Swisscom (2010): IPMA Delta class 4, managed certificate
“Swisscom IT Services offers the professional processing of IT projects, the stable operation of complex IT infrastructures as well as the highly secure storage of sensitive data, thereby enabling our customers to concentrate on their core business. Continuous improvement of our project management is key for success. Therefore we asked GPM/IPMA to assess our organisational competence in project management. We are proud having reached IPMA Delta class 4 and we appreciate the feedback from an independent assessment. We will develop the suggested improvement areas to be more professional in meeting our customers’ expectations.”
Brigitte Gerber, Head of Transition & Project Management, Swisscom IT Services
Topalis (2010): IPMA Delta class 1, initial certificate
“Topalis AG offers a broad range of enduring IT and web solutions through four subsidiaries. Project management is becoming one of our core competences in order to serve our customers to the maximum extent. Therefore we asked the GPM to assess our organisational competence in project management. We appreciated the results very much, which show our strengths and weaknesses in a 360 degree approach and give us directions for further improvements. This will help us tremendously to meet our customers’ requirements.”
Tom Uhl, CEO, Topalis
Chernobyl (2009): IPMA Delta class 3, standardised certificate
“To be the first organization certified by IPMA Delta is a great honor and responsibility. Developing our project management capabilities was a challenging journey for us. We understand that competent management of complex programs with a high level of uncertainty and risk is the key to the success. We pay great attention education through master’s programs in project management and will actively use global best practices for further improvements.”
Igor Gramotkin, General Director of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station