Accreditation Of Project Management Programs Through Global Accreditation Center Of PMI

Moe Shahdad, Robert Ouellette
2011 International Journal of Management & Information Systems  
In November 2009, the project management program at the Graduate School of the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) was accredited by the Global Accreditation Center (GAC) of the Project Management Institute. The accreditation process has had a substantially positive impact on both program quality and contents coverage of our program. It has also resulted in a continuous quality improvement process, which is now in place and is expected to bring about improved outcomes for years to
more » ... ome. This paper describes the accreditation process, requirements, and the strategy and approach adopted by the Graduate School of UMUC to respond to accreditation requirements.
doi:10.19030/ijmis.v15i1.1601 fatcat:urbklwgl65as3mnpcrdab2blge