APBM Milestones

 

 

June 2000

APBM was founded and registered in the State of Illinois, USA

July 2000
Released the CBM Exam curriculum (the CBKB) with three-part exam based on a MBA curriculum

September 2001
Began CBM Grandfather Clause

July 2002
Partnered with Thomson Learning to develop CBM Exam Preparation Guides for the three-part CBM Exam

August 2002
Conducted Job Analysis Survey with the Chauncey Group International, subsidiary of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to validate the CBM curriculum

September 2002
Closed the CBM Grandfather Clause

October 2002
Released CBM Lifetime Learning, APBM's Continuing Education Program. Began developing Continuing Education quizzes from Harvard Business Review Articles

January 2003
Partnered with the Chauncey Group, Division of Educational Testing Service (ETS) for CBM test validation services

All of 2003
Released the six-volume CBM Exam Preparation Guides and the three-part CBM Exam and had Grandfathered CBMs beta-test the CBM Exam

September 2003
Applied for NASBA Approval to receive Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits for taking the CBM Exams

March 2004
Received NASBA approval for the CBM Exam of 120 CPE credit hours

May 2004
Released the CABM Exam curriculum, which is based on a pre-MBA curriculum

July 2004
Completed beta-testing of all three parts of the CBM Exam

September 2004
Applied to the American Council on Education (ACE) for receiving graduate college credit hours for taking the CBM Exams

December 2004
Released Volume 1 of the CABM Exam Preparation Guides

May 2005
Received approval from US Veterans to be reimbursed for CBM Exam registration fees under GI bill

June 2005
Began recruiting participants for the CBM Exam Pilot Program

July 2005
Released Volume 2 of the CABM Exam Preparation Guides

January 2006
Added CBM Exam Part 4, the Capstone Exam, which is a written analysis of a Harvard Business School case

February 2006
Began CBM Corporate Pilot Program with IBM and Avaya Communications

March 2006
Release of Harvard Business School case of the APBM, the CBM, and the need for business management to act as a profession

May 2006
Received approval from the American Council on Education (ACE) for the CBM Exam to qualify for nine semester hours towards a graduate degree in business administration at participating US universities.

August 2006
Release of CBM Exam Part 4 at Pearson VUE Testing Centers worldwide