Project management development for years has been in the pursuit of qualifications such as PRINCE2, APMP, PMI and recently a whole lot more.
Although all of these play a major role in the development of professional project/programme managers and provide certification, they are only part of the picture when it comes to true competence – which is not just having the knowledge, but also having the skills/capability and confidence to apply it appropriately, within a given context. We call it the knowing–doing gap.
