The Doctor of Project Management (DPM) is a research-oriented professional doctoral degree offered by some Australian universities, such as RMIT University in Melbourne. It is of the same academic level as traditional PhD; however, the research focus is on industry practice rather than theoretical framework.
References
Walker, D. H. T. (2008). “Reflections on developing a project management doctorate.” International Journal of Project Management. 26 (3): 316-325. This paper is written by the person who was director of the DPM. That program was subsumed into the RMIT PhD program around 2012 the DPM had a coursework and thesis components with the coursework being advanced project management topics to prepare candidates for their thesis work. The thesis (monograph) expectation was consistent with that expected of the PhD.