Professional & Standards Organizations

IPMA International Project Management Association	IPMA is the recognized international non-profit network type of organization for qualified projet management. IPMA's vision is to be the prime promoter of project management as a powerful tool for management of change. IPMA started in 1965 as a discussion group of managers of international projects. The first international Congress was held in 1967 in Vienna with participants from 30 different countries. Since that time IPMA has developed steadily and is now the prime international promoter of project management in Europe, Asia, and Arab countries. A most significant characteristic of IPMA is the parallel development of 18 associated national societies which serve the specific development needs of each country in its own language. IPMA has thus emerged as the representative body of an international network of national project management societies.
APM Association of Project Managers	The Association of Project Managers exists to help its members and to advance and promote the profession of Project Management its skills and practice. It is the only UK based organization dedicated to advancing the science of Project Management and the professional development of Project Managers and Project Management specialists.
PMI (International) Project Management Institute	The Project Management Institute (PMI) (25 years old in 1994) is a non-profit standards organization located in, and serving primarily, the United States. PMI publishes the PM standards internationally known as the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).


ISO International Standards Organization	ISO comprises more than 180 technical committees, covering many industry sectors and products. The American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) administers the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG), which presents its views to the international ISO technical committees. The U.S. TAG to ISO Technical Committee 176 consists of quality experts that work with the international committee to draft, revise, and word ISO 9000+ (10000) quality assurance and quality management documents.
ANSI American National Standards Institute	Founded in 1918, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is a private, not-for-profit membership organization that coordinates the U.S. voluntary consensus standards system and approves American National Standards. ANSI consists of approximately 1,300 national and international companies, 30 government agencies, 20 institutional members, and 250 professional, technical, trade, labor and consumer organizations. ANSI acts to insure that a single consistent set of consensus based American National Standards are developed by ANSI-accredited standards developers. Integral to the development and approval process is the requirement that all interests concerned have the opportunity to participate in the development process.
ASQC American Society for Quality Control	ASQC is the worldwide leader in the development, promotion, and application of quality and quality-related technologies for the quality profession, private sector, government, and academia. Its goal: To create a greater awareness of the need for quality, to promote research and the development of standards, and to provide educational opportunites to ensure product and service excellence through improved quality. Founded in 1946 as a direct result of World War II efforts, ASQC's original purpose was to improve the quality of defense materials. Today, ASQC serves its 70,000 individual members and 650 corporate members through publications, courses, national and international conferences and seminars, professional certification programs, and local meetings and events conducted by its 210 sections, 15 divisions, and 9 technical committees.

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