Implementation Management Associates (IMA Worldwide) has earned the Qualified Education Provider (QEP) designation from the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP), validating three of its Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM) programs: Introduction to AIM, ChangePro, and AIM Practitioner Certification. These programs are now approved to award professional development credits toward the Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP) credential, the globally recognized standard for change management practitioners.
The QEP designation indicates that IMA Worldwide's programs align with the ACMP Standard for Change Management, a competency framework that defines the profession. This recognition underscores the methodology's rigorous, research-based approach to behavioral adoption, executive sponsorship, and reinforcement strategy. According to McKinsey & Company, approximately 70% of change programs fail to achieve their goals, often due to employee resistance and lack of management support. IMA Worldwide's AIM methodology was designed to counter these failure modes by embedding visible sponsorship accountability, structured resistance management, and the EMR (Express-Model-Reinforce) framework to drive measurable behavioral adoption.
"Having three programs approved for CCMP professional development credits under the ACMP QEP designation reflects the depth and rigor that practitioners expect from AIM-based training," said Ann Marvin, CEO of IMA Worldwide. "McKinsey's finding that 70% of transformations fail is a call to action for the industry. Our methodology is built to reverse that trend by providing practitioners with the behavioral tools and executive sponsorship frameworks necessary to drive measurable implementation success."
The three approved programs cater to different levels of change management practice. Introduction to AIM offers foundational grounding in the AIM framework, covering behavioral adoption, Target Readiness assessment, and structured implementation planning for professionals entering the field. ChangePro is an interactive workshop focused on building individual readiness and resilience during organizational disruption, shifting focus from project management to helping individuals manage personal and emotional impacts. AIM Practitioner Certification provides comprehensive mastery of the AIM methodology, enabling practitioners to lead full-cycle change implementations, build internal change capability, and apply diagnostic precision through the Target Readiness model to close adoption gaps before they erode ROI.
"For more than 40 years, IMA has refined AIM through field research across global enterprises in healthcare, technology, finance, and government," said Ann Marvin. "ACMP QEP recognition validates what our clients have experienced firsthand: that behavior-focused change management, grounded in executive sponsorship and reinforcement science, consistently outperforms approaches that treat implementation as a project management exercise."
IMA Worldwide delivers AIM globally through certification programs, enterprise licensing, implementation advisory services, and organizational training, building internal change capability for successful, repeatable, and scalable change implementation. Change management practitioners pursuing the CCMP designation can apply credits earned through these QEP-approved programs toward their certification requirements. For more information, visit https://imaworldwide.com.
