EPM-AI Professional Certifications
Build the capability to manage, lead and transform project delivery in the age of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is changing what organisations can analyse, automate and decide.
It is also exposing a more fundamental weakness.
Many organisations have invested heavily in project methodologies, governance structures, planning tools and reporting systems. Yet leaders still struggle to determine whether the right work is being done, whether plans are based on credible evidence, and whether projects are producing the business outcomes that justified the investment.
EPM-AI develops the professional capability required to address that problem.
The EPM-AI certification pathway prepares professionals to manage projects entrepreneurially, apply the EPM-AI operating model, lead complex delivery environments, transform organisational capability and facilitate EPM-AI learning.
These are live, instructor-led professional certifications. They are not prerecorded courses completed in isolation.
Public cohorts are limited to a maximum of 10 delegates.
What Is EPM-AI?
EPM-AI stands for Enterprise Project Management with Artificial Intelligence.
It is an organisational operating model that connects strategy, project execution, organisational capability and responsible artificial intelligence.
EPM-AI recognises that project performance cannot be improved by focusing only on processes, schedules or delivery teams.
Reliable project delivery depends on a connected organisational system that includes:
- Strategic clarity
- Evidence-based prioritisation
- Entrepreneurial thinking
- Realistic planning and estimation
- Clear decision rights
- Organisational culture
- Leadership behaviour
- Reliable project information
- Responsible use of artificial intelligence
- Continuous organisational learning
EPM-AI certifications develop the people who will operate, lead and improve that system.
PLANNING AND ESTIMATION MASTERCLASS 002
Golf Estimation Masterclass
Discover the complete body of work before estimating cost and time.
Participants use Golf Estimation to replan a real objective, deliverable or project. The masterclass replaces abstract estimates and incomplete planning with structured work discovery and time that can be tracked, compared and learned from.
Choose Your EPM-AI Certification
EPM-AI Certified Practitioner (EPM-AI CP)
Learn how to apply the EPM-AI operating model within real project environments.
The EPM-AI Certified Practitioner certification develops practical capability in the EPM-AI models, methods and operating practices.
It is designed for professionals who are responsible for planning, estimating, analysing, coordinating or delivering project work.
Delegates learn how to apply EPM-AI to improve planning quality, decision-making, organisational alignment and project visibility.
Best suited to
- Project managers
- Programme managers
- Business analysts
- Product owners
- Delivery managers
- PMO professionals
- Consultants
- Transformation professionals
- Professionals responsible for project planning and delivery
Certification details
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: Live online or classroom
Entry requirement: None
Price: R14,950 per delegate
Cohort size: Maximum 10 delegates
Designation: EPM-AI Certified Entrepreneurial Project Manager
Post-nominal: EPM-AI CEPM
EPM-AI Certified Entrepreneurial Project Manager
Adopt AI around the roles people perform, not isolated technical skills.
AI holds more specialist knowledge than any individual can acquire. The human contribution therefore moves toward context, judgement, relationships, decisions, quality and accountability. This masterclass helps an organisation identify how approved AI can support related roles without weakening governance.
Certification details
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: Live online or classroom
Entry requirement: None
Price: R14,950 per delegate
Cohort size: Maximum 10 delegates
Designation: EPM-AI Certified Practitioner
Post-nominal: EPM-AI CP
EPM-AI Certified Project Leader (EPM-AI CPL)
Develop the capability to lead projects, programmes and portfolios using EPM-AI.
The EPM-AI Certified Project Leader certification is designed for professionals who must lead beyond the boundaries of an individual project.
It develops the leadership, governance and decision-making capability required to connect organisational strategy with delivery execution.
Delegates learn how to lead teams, prioritise competing initiatives, improve executive decision support, create effective governance and build a culture of ownership and early disclosure.
Best suited to
- Senior project managers
- Programme managers
- Portfolio managers
- PMO managers
- Heads of delivery
- Transformation leaders
- Product leaders
- Consulting managers
- Professionals responsible for multiple delivery teams
Certification details
Duration: 3 days
Delivery: Live online or classroom
Entry requirement: EPM-AI Certified Practitioner
Price: R14,950 per delegate
Cohort size: Maximum 10 delegates
Designation: EPM-AI Certified Project Leader
Post-nominal: EPM-AI CPL
EPM-AI Certified Specialist (EPM-AI CS)
Become the professional an organisation turns to when it needs to transform how projects are selected, planned, governed and delivered.
The EPM-AI Certified Specialist certification prepares experienced project leaders to move an organisation from its current operating state towards an embedded EPM-AI environment.
This is not simply an advanced project management course.
It is a professional programme focused on organisational diagnosis, transformation design, executive alignment, cultural change, capability development and sustainable implementation.
Delegates learn how to diagnose systemic delivery constraints, design transformation roadmaps, manage resistance, build internal ownership and embed 4tify to sustain organisational improvement after the initial transformation programme has ended.
This programme is personally led by Roelof Vermeulen with support from the Entinology team.
Best suited to
- Enterprise transformation leaders
- PMO directors
- Heads of delivery
- Programme directors
- Portfolio directors
- Senior consultants
- Organisational change leaders
- Executives responsible for delivery improvement
Certification details
Duration: 5 days
Delivery: Live online cohort
Entry requirement: EPM-AI Certified Project Leader
Price: R24,950 per delegate
Cohort size: Maximum 10 delegates
Designation: EPM-AI Certified Specialist
Post-nominal: EPM-AI CS
EPM-AI Certified Facilitator (EPM-AI CF)
Develop the capability to teach EPM-AI while protecting the integrity and quality of the discipline.
The EPM-AI Certified Facilitator programme prepares experienced EPM-AI professionals to facilitate EPM-AI learning programmes.
Knowing a subject and teaching it effectively are different professional capabilities.
The Facilitator programme develops instructional skill, adult learning capability, coaching, classroom management, assessment and the ability to communicate EPM-AI concepts accurately and consistently.
Delegates complete practical facilitation work and must demonstrate their ability to engage learners, explain concepts, manage discussions and provide constructive feedback.
Facilitator certification does not automatically grant a commercial licence to deliver official EPM-AI certification programmes independently. Separate agreements and authorisation requirements may apply.
Best suited to
- Experienced EPM-AI Project Leaders
- Corporate trainers
- Learning and development professionals
- Professional facilitators
- Organisational coaches
- Consultants
- University lecturers
- Corporate academy instructors
- Future Entinology training partners
Certification details
Duration: 10 days, delivered as 3 hours per day
Delivery: Live online cohort
Entry requirement: EPM-AI Certified Project Leader and approval into the programme
Price: R29,950 per delegate
Cohort size: Maximum 10 delegates
Designation: EPM-AI Certified Facilitator
Post-nominal: EPM-AI CF
Why EPM-AI Certification?
Most professional education teaches people how to follow an established process.
EPM-AI develops the ability to understand the organisational system in which projects operate and make better decisions within it.
The certification pathway progresses from individual project management capability to enterprise transformation and professional facilitation.
Depending on the certification selected, delegates learn how to:
- Manage projects as business investments
- Connect project activity to measurable organisational value
- Apply entrepreneurial thinking to project decisions
- Improve planning and estimation
- identify weak assumptions before they become delivery failures
- Use artificial intelligence to support analysis and decision-making
- Lead projects, programmes and portfolios
- Improve governance without adding unnecessary bureaucracy
- Build organisational delivery capability
- Lead enterprise-wide EPM-AI transformation
- Develop others through professional facilitation
Which Certification Should You Start With?
Choose EPM-AI CEPM when:
You want to develop the entrepreneurial mindset, business awareness and AI literacy required to manage projects as value-creating initiatives.
Choose EPM-AI CP when:
You already work directly with project planning and delivery and want to learn the practical EPM-AI models, frameworks and operating practices.
Progress to EPM-AI CPL when:
You hold EPM-AI CP and are responsible for leading delivery teams, programmes, portfolios or organisational governance.
Progress to EPM-AI CS when:
You hold EPM-AI CPL and want to lead the transformation of an organisation towards the EPM-AI operating state.
Progress to EPM-AI CF when:
You hold EPM-AI CPL and want to develop people by facilitating EPM-AI learning programmes.
The Specialist and Facilitator certifications represent two different professional pathways.
The Specialist develops organisations.
The Facilitator develops people.
Live, Instructor-Led Learning
EPM-AI certification courses are delivered through live interaction with experienced instructors.
Delegates do not simply watch recordings and complete automated questions.
The learning experience includes:
- Instructor-led explanations
- Practical exercises
- Organisational scenarios
- Group discussions
- Case-based application
- Questions and answers
- Examination preparation
- Feedback from the instructor
- Interaction with other professionals
Public cohorts are initially limited to 10 delegates so that each participant can receive appropriate attention and participate meaningfully in the learning process.
Certification Assessment
Every EPM-AI professional certification includes a formal assessment.
Unless otherwise stated for a specific programme, the standard examination consists of:
- A one-hour examination
- Multiple-choice questions
- A pass mark of 75%
- Delivery in English
- Online or supervised classroom assessment
Delegates must meet the applicable attendance requirements and pass the examination before the professional designation and post-nominal are awarded.
The EPM-AI Certified Facilitator programme also includes practical facilitation assessment.
Professional Designations
Successful candidates receive the relevant EPM-AI professional designation and may use its post-nominal while their certification remains active.
The current professional designations are:
- EPM-AI Certified Entrepreneurial Project Manager: EPM-AI CEPM
- EPM-AI Certified Practitioner: EPM-AI CP
- EPM-AI Certified Project Leader: EPM-AI CPL
- EPM-AI Certified Specialist: EPM-AI CS
- EPM-AI Certified Facilitator: EPM-AI CF
Example: Jane Smith, EPM-AI CPL
Certification Renewal Without Annual Renewal Fees
EPM-AI certification is not maintained by paying an annual fee.
Each certification remains active for 24 months. To renew it, the certified professional submits an Annual Professional Contribution.
The submission includes:
- Feedback on applying EPM-AI
- Lessons learned through practical experience
- Challenges encountered
- Recommendations for improving EPM-AI
- Recommendations for improving the certification programme
- Confirmation of continued professional conduct
Successful submission renews the certification for a further 24 months.
This approach ensures that certification holders contribute to the continued development of the EPM-AI discipline rather than simply paying to retain a credential.
Organisational and Private Cohorts
EPM-AI certifications can also be delivered to organisational teams through private cohorts.
Private delivery can help organisations:
- Develop a shared delivery language
- Build internal EPM-AI capability
- Prepare leaders for organisational transformation
- Improve consistency across project teams
- Develop internal practitioners and project leaders
- Connect certification learning to real organisational challenges
Private cohorts may be delivered online or in the classroom, subject to location, scheduling and programme requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these self-paced online courses?
No. EPM-AI certification courses are live and instructor-led.
Are the courses available internationally?
Yes. Live online cohorts can include delegates from different countries. Delegates must confirm the course time zone before registering.
Do I need previous project management experience?
There are no formal prerequisites for EPM-AI CEPM or EPM-AI CP. Relevant professional experience will help delegates relate the learning to practical situations.
Advanced certifications have formal entry requirements.
Can I start with EPM-AI CP without completing EPM-AI CEPM?
Yes. EPM-AI CEPM and EPM-AI CP serve different purposes.
EPM-AI CEPM focuses on entrepreneurial project management capability.
EPM-AI CP focuses on applying the EPM-AI operating model and methods.
Neither certification is currently a prerequisite for the other.
Must I complete EPM-AI CP before EPM-AI CPL?
Yes. Delegates must hold an active EPM-AI Certified Practitioner certification before entering the Project Leader certification.
Is there an annual renewal fee?
No. Certification is renewed through an Annual Professional Contribution rather than an annual payment.
What happens when I pass?
You receive a digital certificate, the applicable professional designation and permission to use the relevant post-nominal while the certification remains active.
What happens if I do not pass the examination?
You may apply to rewrite the examination. Applicable rewrite conditions or administration fees will be communicated before the rewrite is scheduled.
Why are cohorts limited to 10 delegates?
The initial public cohorts are intentionally limited to support interaction, practical application and meaningful instructor feedback.
Can an organisation book a private course?
Yes. Private organisational cohorts can be arranged subject to scheduling and delivery requirements.
Does Facilitator certification allow me to sell EPM-AI courses?
Not automatically. Commercial delivery of official EPM-AI certification programmes may require a separate facilitator, licensing or training-partner agreement.
Build Professional Capability for Project Delivery in the Age of AI
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