How did ISPI Design and Develop a Certification Process?

The International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) took the lead on designing and developing the CPT certification. During 2000, Dale Brethower, President of IPSI, and the ISPI board voted to endorse and support the creation of a certification process. In 2001, ISPI President John Swinney and the ISPI board established a CPT task force with President-elect Judith Hale as chair . Judith Hale convened the CPT task force, known as the "Kitchen Cabinet," from business, government, academia, and independent practitioners (see Table API-1).

Table API-1: KITCHEN CABINET CPT TASK FORCE

Business/Government	Academia	Practitioners
Aid Association for Lutherans, Lorrie Formella Argonne Laboratory, Karen Kroczek Canon USA, Daniel Messick Johnson Controls, Donald Kirkey Lucent, Skip Douglas Maritz Corporation, Rodger Stotz Omnicell, Deb Barrett Plato, Rob Foshay Rockwell Automation, Jim Momsen Source One, Gail Hahn Technip, Ray Robertson U.S. Steel-Gary Works, Dean Larson U.S. Department of Treasury, Elaine Rand Walgreens, Annemarie Laures and Karen Preston	Boston University, Reza Sisakhti Indiana University, James A. Pershing Western Michigan University, Dale Brethower Northern Illinois University, Ken Silber and Bob Sheets Florida State University, Roger Kaufman	Ann Battenfield France Gagnon Judith Hale Lynn Kearny Mark Lauer Cindy Schaefges Kelly Smith Guy W.Wallace Stacy Yusim

The CPT Standards were validated by Indiana University graduate students under the direction of Professor James Pershing, then editor of ISPI's Performance Improvement journal. The graduate students conducted literature reviews to confirm that the Standards appear in practice. In addition, ISPI asked companies and independent practitioners to confirm the usefulness of the Standards and the workability of the certification process.