ABPMP Chapter/Affiliate Guide
      Starting an ABPMP Chapter or 
          Affiliate
                 Table of Contents
     Chapter Objectives & Maturity Levels
     Starting a Chapter
     Growing a Chapter
     Maintaining Active Status
             For additional information, please contact the VP of Chapter Services at chapters@abpmp.org
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       ABPMP Chapter Guide
       OBJECTIVES & MATURITY LEVELS
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       ABPMP Chapter Objectives
    Objectives
     Promote business process management as a professional discipline 
     Provide community based forums for business process management professionals  by 
      facilitating the sharing of techniques, methods, experiences, successes, and failures 
      in BPM
     Proctor the BPM Certification exams
     Provide study groups for the BPM Certification exams
    • Provide opportunities for people to acquire BPM skills through BPM Training events, 
      Certification and Degree Programs (partners) and schedule programs of continuing 
      professional education 
    • Stimulate and support job demand for people with BPM Skills, act as a valuable 
      channel (networking) for job searching
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                         Chapter Maturity Levels                                                                                            Milestone: The ABPMP Board 
                                                                                                                                               of Directors approves the 
                                                                                                                                                        Chapter
          Latent and Interested                    Potential                                Forming                                                    Active
         VP of Chapter Services is          A potential chapter has a     At least 3 documented officer positions filled (4        At least 4 documented officer positions filled (5 
         contacted by a practitioner that  chapter leader but little      is preferred as it is necessary to allow for             is preferred as it is necessary to allow for 
         is interested in starting a        else.  Perhaps an executive  turnover and finding new volunteers)                      turnover and finding new volunteers)
         chapter in an area that is         committee has been 
         lacking one, that contact and      formed, or is forming, but    Draft charter that defines key chapter policies          Final charter that defines key chapter policies 
         their city/region should be        the chapter remains largely  and procedures like roles, responsibilities,              and procedures like roles, responsibilities, 
         added to the list of latent        in the planning stages        governance, term in office, officer eligibility,         governance, term in office, officer eligibility, 
         chapters                                                         officer selection process                                officer selection process
                                                                          The officers must be ABPMP Professional                  The officers must be ABPMP Professional 
                                                                          Members in good standing                                 Members in good standing
                                                                          At least 5members assigned to the chapter                At least 10 members assigned to the chapter
                                                                          At least 5 members must be ABPMP paying                  At least 5 members must be ABPMP paying 
                                                                          members in good standing                                 members in good standing
                                                                                                                                   All members must sign the ABPMP Code of 
                                                                                                                                   Ethics and ABPMP Confidentiality Statement
                                            No marketing has really       A kick-off meeting that is planned or has been           A program schedule planned and posted to 
                                            begun, no events have         held.  During the planning stages, the local             their website (maintained on the ABPMP 
                                            been planned, and             leadership focuses on networking, assessing              website) on a rolling, and ongoing, 6 month 
                                            discussions with the VP of    interest in the organization, and promoting the          basis (deviations from this schedule will result 
                                            Chapter Services have not     benefits of membership                                   in coaching and assistance before demotion to 
                                            moved beyond an initial e-                                                             “forming” status)
                                            mail or phone call            A schedule of programs for 6 months after the 
                                                                          kick-off meeting should be in place before 
                                                                          promotion to an active chapter
                                                                          Participation in 50% of all membership,                  Participation in 50% of all membership, chapter 
                                                                          chapter services, and Board meeting                      services, and Board meeting conference calls.  
                                                                          conference calls.  This will not apply to                This will not apply to international chapters 
                                                                          international chapters until we active Skype             until we active Skype
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