Comments on: How and Why I Passed the PMP Exam http://pmstudent.com/how-and-why-i-passed-the-pmp-exam/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Sun, 20 May 2012 01:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: I’m Skeptical About Salary Surveys and Certifications http://pmstudent.com/how-and-why-i-passed-the-pmp-exam/#comment-62864 I’m Skeptical About Salary Surveys and Certifications Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:18:44 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1388#comment-62864 [...] you go for a certification, do it for the right reasons.  You can see how and why I passed the PMP exam if you like.Share [...] [...] you go for a certification, do it for the right reasons.  You can see how and why I passed the PMP exam if you like.Share [...]

]]> By: Biswadeep http://pmstudent.com/how-and-why-i-passed-the-pmp-exam/#comment-57559 Biswadeep Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:27:56 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1388#comment-57559 Dr., I cannot say I fully agree with you doc. PMP as a qualification is not only a route to become a project manager but it also broadens your knowledge level. PMP helps you think systematically and make you focus on key issues and helps you manage risk proficiently to complete any work at hand not necessarily a project. Dr.,

I cannot say I fully agree with you doc. PMP as a qualification is not only a route to become a project manager but it also broadens your knowledge level. PMP helps you think systematically and make you focus on key issues and helps you manage risk proficiently to complete any work at hand not necessarily a project.

]]> By: Should You Only Hire PMPs? http://pmstudent.com/how-and-why-i-passed-the-pmp-exam/#comment-41606 Should You Only Hire PMPs? Wed, 11 May 2011 12:05:56 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1388#comment-41606 [...] I’m adamant about doing it for the right reasons, and in the right way.  One of the primary reasons I got my PMP is because I knew companies do what I’m railing against right now.  It’s true.  And [...] [...] I’m adamant about doing it for the right reasons, and in the right way.  One of the primary reasons I got my PMP is because I knew companies do what I’m railing against right now.  It’s true.  And [...]

]]> By: DrPDG http://pmstudent.com/how-and-why-i-passed-the-pmp-exam/#comment-31453 DrPDG Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:00:46 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1388#comment-31453 @George, The ethical and moral question we need to be asking ourselves is whether the PMP (or any other credential for that matter) is or should effectively be allowed to become a LICENSE to practice? I have no problem with this if people who held their PMP (or any other credential) could demonstrably lay claim to the fact by holding that credential, they are in fact, more COMPETENT practitioners. But I have yet to see ANY credible research showing that people who have their PMP are in fact more competent. And if you look at the latest (2009) Standish Chaos Report, once could certainly infer that despite ~500,000 PMP's that project management is in fact getting WORSE, not better? So forget the marketing hype that PMI, APM, IPMA or any other organization pushes or encourages- as PRACTITIONERS, should we be allowing these professional organizations to be inferring or implying that people who hold these credentials are somehow more competent, without validated research to prove it? Isn't allowing this to happen a violation of most professional codes of ethics/code of conduct? It is up to US as practitioners to tell our management, our HR departments and anyone else who will listen that the emperor is naked.... To do less is to be abdicating our responsibilities as professional practitioners.... BR, Dr. PDG, Jakarta http://www.build-project-management-competency.com @George,
The ethical and moral question we need to be asking ourselves is whether the PMP (or any other credential for that matter) is or should effectively be allowed to become a LICENSE to practice?

I have no problem with this if people who held their PMP (or any other credential) could demonstrably lay claim to the fact by holding that credential, they are in fact, more COMPETENT practitioners.

But I have yet to see ANY credible research showing that people who have their PMP are in fact more competent. And if you look at the latest (2009) Standish Chaos Report, once could certainly infer that despite ~500,000 PMP’s that project management is in fact getting WORSE, not better?

So forget the marketing hype that PMI, APM, IPMA or any other organization pushes or encourages- as PRACTITIONERS, should we be allowing these professional organizations to be inferring or implying that people who hold these credentials are somehow more competent, without validated research to prove it? Isn’t allowing this to happen a violation of most professional codes of ethics/code of conduct?

It is up to US as practitioners to tell our management, our HR departments and anyone else who will listen that the emperor is naked….

To do less is to be abdicating our responsibilities as professional practitioners….

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta
http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

]]> By: George http://pmstudent.com/how-and-why-i-passed-the-pmp-exam/#comment-31394 George Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:28:20 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1388#comment-31394 Josh/Dr. PDG/Others, I was just going through the internet and since I am already involved in projects in my various roles during my 9+yrs of being in the IT/ITES industry, I thought it was time to get myself an industry recognised certification. I have a MA in Arts (history at that) and have been working with Mainframes, AIX, Project Mangement, Infrastructure Management etc. What I have gleaned is that you still need an industry certification if you are still climbing. For those of you who have already done their certification and have the knowledge, it doesnt matter. But for those of us who are still to get industry recognition, it still is a valid certification and worth pursuing. I am in total agreement that having a piece of paper does nothing to your career or earning potential. My MA in History is a proof of that. But things would have been entirely different if I did NOT have that certification. Just saying. George Josh/Dr. PDG/Others,
I was just going through the internet and since I am already involved in projects in my various roles during my 9+yrs of being in the IT/ITES industry, I thought it was time to get myself an industry recognised certification. I have a MA in Arts (history at that) and have been working with Mainframes, AIX, Project Mangement, Infrastructure Management etc.
What I have gleaned is that you still need an industry certification if you are still climbing. For those of you who have already done their certification and have the knowledge, it doesnt matter. But for those of us who are still to get industry recognition, it still is a valid certification and worth pursuing. I am in total agreement that having a piece of paper does nothing to your career or earning potential. My MA in History is a proof of that. But things would have been entirely different if I did NOT have that certification.
Just saying.
George

]]> By: Fifteen Ways to Hook a Gig as a Project Manager http://pmstudent.com/how-and-why-i-passed-the-pmp-exam/#comment-26364 Fifteen Ways to Hook a Gig as a Project Manager Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:20:51 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1388#comment-26364 [...] In How and Why I Passed the PMP Exam I discuss my reasons for certification, even though I completely agree that no amount of [...] [...] In How and Why I Passed the PMP Exam I discuss my reasons for certification, even though I completely agree that no amount of [...]

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