Change Management Certification (CCMP)
Is a change management certification right for you? Here, we’ll dig into everything you need to know about becoming a Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP) and PM-ProLearn’s partnership with ChangeFit360 to get you there. At PM-ProLearn, we aim to help individuals like you grow into prosperous careers within the project management field. These career-enhancing certifications can be used globally across a variety of industries depending on where your passion lies. Here you’ll find:
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What Is Change Management?
By Definition Change management is the practice of applying a structured approach to the transition of an organization from a current state (as is) to a future state (to be) in order to achieve expected benefits- ACMP (Association of Change Management Professionals) standard of Change Management.
Often this change will impact people, processes, technology, and the workplace (culture).
As a Change Manager or Change Management Professional (CCMP), your role is to help guide an organization through this journey. Many times, an organization going through change focuses solely on the project pieces and physical or technological resources that are changing while leaving out the impact this initiative is going to have on the individual employees. By ignoring this impact, there can be a massive disruption to ongoing work, as well as employee morale, value, and respect.
Change Management principles not only apply to large-scale changes but can be applied to little changes as well like new software, CRM, or processes. By implementing change management best practices, you ensure that your team remains a valuable commodity and show them respect as individual contributors. Thus, change management has a direct return on investment (ROI) of the initiative being undertaken, as well as an intrinsic return by valuing your team.
What is the CCMP?
The CCMP certification was developed by the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) by incorporating best practices across multiple industries, standards and certifications. Incorporating principles from SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources), PMP (Project Management Professional), Lean Six Sigma, ISO (International Standards Organization), and ANSI (American National Standards Institute), the organization designed a certification to standardize the processes to be used when dealing with organizational and individual change.
The CCMP certification is ideal for:
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Organizational change managers
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Project Managers and project leaders
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HR professionals
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Training and communication professionals
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Knowledge management specialists
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Professionals with credentials in HR, project management, Six Sigma, and more
Why Should I Get a Change Management Certification?
In the rapidly changing business environment of today along with the growth of the skills-based economy, earning a certification in change management can set you apart. Many organizations are trying to become more agile, and integrate new ideas and concepts rapidly, but may do so at the detriment of their organization. Change managers and change management skill sets, ensure that you can lead a team through rapid change without forgetting about the team. Adding Change Management to a foundation in Project Management (PMP), Agile, or Lean Six Sigma, allows you to be a multifaceted professional who can manage both sides of any project initiative, while also understanding and integrating various internal and external departments like HR, Operations, Marketing and Sales.
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Higher Salary
According to recent industry data, professionals with a CCMP certification can see a salary increase of up to 20% compared to their non-certified peers.
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Be In Demand
The demand for project management professionals is rising. 25 million new project management professionals are needed to meet global demands by 2030.
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Increased Career Opportunities
Get increased career opportunities by setting yourself apart in a competitive job market.
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71% of U.S. companies use Agile methologies
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86% of Agile Certified Practitioners qualified for new Opportunities
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94% of Agile Certified Practitioners gained recognition for career advancement
CCMP Certification Requirements
Professionals desiring to earn a CCMP Certification must have the following:
A 4-year degree and 4,200 hours of change management experience, OR
Secondary education (high school diploma/GED) and 7,000 hours of change management experience
21 hours of instructor-led change management training from a program aligned to the Standard of Change Management© in the past 7 years
The change management training course completes your 21 hour training requirement.
Don't think you qualify? You probably have more experience than you think. Our experienced team will help with your application. Let us show you how.
What if I don’t meet the experience requirement, should I take a course anyway?
Yes!! Even if you do not have the hours and experience to earn the certification, the training will greatly enhance your professional career. Across the industry, the CCMP certification is starting to gain traction, but organizations still need professionals who can help them navigate through organizational change. This training is foundational and can be built upon to either earn the certification or enhance your professional acumen.
Maintaining Your CCMP Certification Requirements
Much like the Project Management Professional (PMP ®) the CCMP Requires you to earn 60 Professional development units or PDUs every 3 years.
According to ACMP, PDUs can be earned in a variety of ways: attending conferences, QEP-qualified courses, webinars, reading books or articles, working as a CM professional, other courses focused on disciplines, and giving back to the profession by helping to educate others.
If you are not able to, or choose not to accumulate the required 60 PDUs or do not renew your application within 3 years, your certification will be suspended for up to a year and you will no longer be able to call yourself a CCMP. If you still do not earn the required PDUs after one year, your certification will expire and you will need to start over at the beginning.
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Change Management Certification Course
The CCMP course is a virtual course which covers a wide range of topics, including:
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Positioning change management as a strategic business competency
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Assessing the impact of change
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Coaching key change agents
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Building engagement for change
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Managing people and change risks
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Measuring and optimizing the ROI of change
Agile Training Overview and Objectives
PM-ProLearn’s agile training is designed to prepare you for the Agile Certified Practitioner or PMI-ACP certification exam. The course focuses on concepts for agile principles and mindset, team performance, adaptive processes, agile methodologies, problem detection and resolution, and continuous improvement. After completing the Agile certification course, you should be able to do each of the objectives outlined in this section.
Several course features will help you achieve these objectives; however, some objectives still require self-study after the course to fully prepare for the PMI-ACP certification exam. The PM-ProLearn learning system provides a study guide and foundation for the course materials, including all post-course study and exam preparation. In addition, as a student, you will have access to additional material from PMI to use for post-course studying in preparation for the PMI-ACP exam.
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Explore, embrace and apply agile principles and mindset within the context of the project team and organization.
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Create an environment of trust, learning, collaboration, and conflict resolution that promotes team self-organization, enhances relationships among team members, and cultivates a culture of high performance.
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Produce and maintain an evolving plan, from initiation to closure, based on goals, values, risks, constraints, stakeholder feedback, and review findings.
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Provide an overview of the primary methodologies used in agile including SCRUM, Extreme Programming, Kanban, Lean Concepts, Feature Driven Development, Dynamic System Development Method, and Crystal.
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Continuously identify problems, impediments, and risks; prioritize and resolve it promptly; monitor and communicate the problem resolution status; and implement process improvements to prevent them from occurring again.
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Continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, and value of the product, the process, and the people (team), including process analysis and tailoring, product feedback methods, reviews, and retrospectives.
Change Management Certification Training: The Schedule
Process Group 1: Evaluate Change Impact and Organizational Readiness
The schedule is 6 hours including break and lunch and will cover the following:
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Welcome and Need to Know
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Why Change Matters
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Process of Change
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Introducing ACMP Standard and Process Groups
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ACMP Standard Process Group 1
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Analyze Change Impact
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Summary and Close
The exam consists of 150 multiple-choice questions. 25 of the questions do not affect the score and are used to gather statistical data for future exam development. They are indistinguishable from the other questions and will appear randomly throughout the exam.
You have a maximum of 3 hours to complete the exam.
The exam questions were developed in accordance with:
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ANSI/ISO/IEC 1704 standards
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A global, independent team of change practitioners (Item Writing Group)
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CCMP exam specifications
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The ACMP Standard for Change Management and Code of Ethics
It is a "closed book" exam can be taken at a Kryterion exam center or online. There are no scheduled breaks during the exam although you may take one if needed knowing the clock will continue to count down the remaining time you have to complete the exam.
You'll receive immediate pass/fail notification, and successful candidates will get a downloadable certificate within 48 hours and a Credly badge within 30 days.
If you do not pass your exam on the first try, you may attempt up to 2 more times within the same calendar year. Each re-test requires a fee.
CCMP Exam
CCMP Course Schedule: What to Expect
The 4-day CCMP course runs from 10:00 am until about 5 pm with 2 breaks and a lunch break in between. The day-to-day timing may vary slightly depending on group discussions and things of that nature but will follow the outline of the following schedule.
Free Practice PMI-ACP Exam
While we offer plenty of study materials and practice exams to those paying for our pmp training, we also offer this free practice exam to anyone who would like to get familiar with the PMI-ACP exam layout.
This timed and full-length practice PMI-ACP exam is 120 questions designed by a team of experts so that you may evaluate your readiness to take the official PMI-ACP exam with PMI.
Agile Principles and Mindset - 16%
Value-Driven
Delivery- 20%
Stakeholder Engagement - 17%
Team Performance -
16%
Adaptive Planning -
12%
Problem Detection and Resolution - 10%
Continuous Improvement - 9%
Take Me To The PMI-ACP Practice Exam
PMI-ACP Exam Domains
About This Practice PMI-ACP Exam
All questions were created by a team of PMP expert instructors referencing a set of cloned PMP questions provided to us by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Every instructor who worked on this project is certified by PMI as an Authorized Training Partner (ATP) instructor. They worked hard to meticulously align each question to a specific domain and task from the PMP exam content outline published by PMI according to the same percentage of the actual PMP exam.
The time limit for this practice PMP exam is set for 250 minutes. When you take the actual PMP exam, you can take two 10-minute breaks, so we highly recommend that you schedule and take those breaks during this practice test giving you an actual 230 minutes of testing time. We recommend taking your first break after question 60 and your second break after question 120.
You may take this practice PMP exam as often as you’d like. The same 180 questions will always appear however they are presented randomly. Don't be discouraged by a low score the first time you take this test. Our expert-instructors will be able to get you where you need to be to pass the PMP Exam.
CCMP Certification Cost
Our change management certification cost in partnership with ChangeFit360 is 1500. It is instructor-led and can be in-person or virtual.
The exam fees are paid separately through ACMP are $595 for members and $745 for non-members.
The Change Management Certification Cost for Training Includes:
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22.5 credits for the CCMP™ educational requirement
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Access to over 20 change tools
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A digital verifiable completion badge from Credly
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Post-boot camp 1-on1 coaching (Optional)
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Quarterly Cohort Connection (Optional)
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Recertification Education Hours for many certifications (ATD, CCE, ICF, SHRM)
Many employers offer benefits like tuition reimbursement programs that will pay for your certifications. Check with your HR executive to see if you qualify. Some employers we've worked with include:
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Booz Allen
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Northrup Grumman
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KPMG
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General Dynamics
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The military funding options you can use for the PMP are:
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Army CA
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Coast Guard COOL
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Unit Funding
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Change Management Certification Funding Options
You may be eligible to get your certification at absolutley no cost to you. There are a number of funding options for both civilian and military personnel.
Talk to an advisor about our funding options and discounts for military and first responders.
30% Off
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Can't use any of the above funding options? Military members and their spouses may receive a 30% discount. Contact us to see if you qualify.
What is the difference between
Change Management and Project Management?
Often when people hear the term change management, they immediately associate this with a project, and they would be correct. Change Management is a sub-component of the Project Management Professional and the PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner certification. Project Managers must learn to deal with and manage project change.
Change Management as a profession, is a parallel focus separate from but complementary to project management. Much like Change Management is an included part of project management, Project Management is an included component of CCMP.
While change management and project management are related, they have distinct focuses. Change management is about applying knowledge and tools to achieve the desired change, focusing on behavior, structure, and culture. Project management, on the other hand, deals with a project's scope, cost, and schedule. Both should work together for successful project implementation.
Projects often have specific start and end dates but change management activities will extend beyond the project until the desired change has been achieved.
Both project management and change management plans and activities should be integrated into an overall plan, but it is important to note the synergy and distinction between the disciplines and when one action triggers a requirement from the other.