{"id":1696,"date":"2025-09-09T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:33:35","slug":"big-professional-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/big-cic.org.uk\/blog\/big-professional-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG Professional Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The BIG CIC has added the BIG Professional Exam<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to the credentials people can achieve.<\/p>\r\n

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“I did the Professional Exam because I wanted to achieve the BIG Professional Exam certification as a way of demonstrating to clients my capability in applying the BIG Framework within their organisations. <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Having passed, the benefit for me has been that I can now confidently demonstrate this to clients, and that my ability to implement BIG has been validated and certified by a panel of BIG Experts.” <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Alex Shapley. BIG Professional<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\r\n

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The development of it was driven by Simon Harris, who has many years experience in training and learning development – who is also one of the BIG Founders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

While the initial Associate Exam is a simple way to evidence knowledge about BIG – the Professional Exam requires that candidates persuade 2-3 examiners that they:<\/p>\r\n

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instilled confidence that they could \/ can make the BIG Guidance Work<\/p>\r\n

have participated in the implementation of integrated governance in a clear scenario<\/p>\r\n

can clearly present the context, need, solution and outcome in their example<\/p>\r\n

provided evidence that they adapted and implemented Integrated Governance<\/p>\r\n

answer all the questions and left no issues open<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

The exam has been taken and passed by a pilot group of BIG Professionals. From the group, Alex Shapley (specialist in programme recovery) and Veronica Edward-Smith (career in projects and PMO) have gone on camera to talk about their experience.<\/p>\r\n

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The discussion was about the BIG exams pathway, why Level 1 and Level 3 exist (but not yet Level 2), how they\u2019re structured and assessed, study resources available, and the benefits of early adoption and membership.\u00a0We extract the essence below:<\/p>\r\n

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Level 1 (Associate\/Foundation)<\/h3>\r\n