A Guide to the Accreditation Management Body of Knowledge: AMBOK® Guide

At the most fundamental level accreditation can be defined as evidence in capability; it helps define and position careers, products and services; branding and competitive advantage. As an individual, envision the following differentiators that could impact your ability to work or become promoted: 1) certification, 2) licensure, or 3) accredited professional development/continued learning. As a business or organization, envision the following differentiators that could impact your market value: 1) establishing a certification for your products or services; 2) aligning yourself with a spokesperson to endorse your products or services; or 3) creating managed intellectual property to improve your customer partner experience when deploying your products and services. The AMBOK® Guide follows years of study in accreditation, the foundation of which is based on multiple knowledge areas thus allowing you to delineate this evidence in capability; this textbook contains several concise use cases to help you understand how industry positions accreditation; included is a framework of process areas providing an easy-to-use evolutionary lifecycle so that you can envision, build and sustain accreditation-from ideation to operation; and lastly, there is a getting started section to help you build a proof-of-concept. From consumers to corporate universities-providing evidence in capability can make all the difference in today's global economy in differentiating you and the competition!