Comments on: Project Management Institute’s PMP qualification http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-institute%e2%80%99s-pmp-qualification Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:56:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: PM Hut » Benefits of Becoming a PMP http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-institute%e2%80%99s-pmp-qualification/comment-page-1#comment-576 PM Hut » Benefits of Becoming a PMP Thu, 22 May 2008 19:47:10 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-institute%e2%80%99s-pmp-qualification#comment-576 [...] Taking the PMP Exam might not make you a better PM, but it will most likely benefit you. Additionally, such certifications are usually paid and maintained by your own company, so you’ve got nothing to lose, and a lot to win. Remember, just becoming a PMP will give you an international acknowledgment that you’re now a better Project Manager. Again, whether becoming a better Project Manager is true or not, is another issue, but until then, enjoy the benefits. [...] [...] Taking the PMP Exam might not make you a better PM, but it will most likely benefit you. Additionally, such certifications are usually paid and maintained by your own company, so you’ve got nothing to lose, and a lot to win. Remember, just becoming a PMP will give you an international acknowledgment that you’re now a better Project Manager. Again, whether becoming a better Project Manager is true or not, is another issue, but until then, enjoy the benefits. [...]

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-institute%e2%80%99s-pmp-qualification/comment-page-1#comment-575 Elizabeth Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:51:57 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-institute%e2%80%99s-pmp-qualification#comment-575 Paul, if the PMP is such a valueless qualification, why did you too "[buy] into PMI’s outrageous and (IMPO) unethical marketing hype" and complete the considerable requirements to obtain the qualification yourself? http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-13583-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=238034&messageID=2322859 Paul, if the PMP is such a valueless qualification, why did you too “[buy] into PMI’s outrageous and (IMPO) unethical marketing hype” and complete the considerable requirements to obtain the qualification yourself?

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]]> By: Dr. Paul Giammalvo http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-institute%e2%80%99s-pmp-qualification/comment-page-1#comment-574 Dr. Paul Giammalvo Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:53:34 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-institute%e2%80%99s-pmp-qualification#comment-574 Dear Michelle, I read your original posting in Petanique and was unable to add a comment, so I am happy to see it reprinted here so I can add my "two cents" worth. First of all, congratulations on joining a quarter of a million other people who have their PMP. Not to rain on your parade, but when the euphoria ends and the reality sets in, do you REALLY think that having your PMP is going to result in "better" project management? Do you really believe that taking a 35 hour training course, submitting 4,500 to 7,500 of UNVERIFIED experience and taking a 200 question, multiple choice exam, which only requires a passing score of ~62% qualifies you as a "professional" anything? Would you want to have open heart surgery from a cardiologist who took a 35 hour course, submitted 4500 hours of past experience which never verified whether his/her patients lived or died an passed a 200 question, multiple choice exam, of which only 175 questions actually count? How about getting on the next commercial airliner knowing the pilot got his license the same way? Sorry Michelle, but in my professional opinion (as a life long project manager) I would suspect you have bought into PMI's outrageous and (IMPO) unethical marketing hype. If you are serious about being a project manager, I suggest you look at your PMP as being nothing more than the first small step in life-long learning experience. For those of you interested in credentials which are not as well marketed, but are FAR more technically robust than what PMI offers, I would urge you to look into AACE http://www.aacei.org/certification/certExplained.shtml or INCOSE www.incose.org offer. These two organizations, while not "marketing machines" like PMI, offer much more technically demanding credentials. BR, Dr. PDG, Jakarta Dear Michelle,
I read your original posting in Petanique and was unable to add a comment, so I am happy to see it reprinted here so I can add my “two cents” worth.

First of all, congratulations on joining a quarter of a million other people who have their PMP.

Not to rain on your parade, but when the euphoria ends and the reality sets in, do you REALLY think that having your PMP is going to result in “better” project management?

Do you really believe that taking a 35 hour training course, submitting 4,500 to 7,500 of UNVERIFIED experience and taking a 200 question, multiple choice exam, which only requires a passing score of ~62% qualifies you as a “professional” anything?

Would you want to have open heart surgery from a cardiologist who took a 35 hour course, submitted 4500 hours of past experience which never verified whether his/her patients lived or died an passed a 200 question, multiple choice exam, of which only 175 questions actually count?

How about getting on the next commercial airliner knowing the pilot got his license the same way?

Sorry Michelle, but in my professional opinion (as a life long project manager) I would suspect you have bought into PMI’s outrageous and (IMPO) unethical marketing hype.

If you are serious about being a project manager, I suggest you look at your PMP as being nothing more than the first small step in life-long learning experience.

For those of you interested in credentials which are not as well marketed, but are FAR more technically robust than what PMI offers, I would urge you to look into AACE http://www.aacei.org/certification/certExplained.shtml or INCOSE http://www.incose.org offer. These two organizations, while not “marketing machines” like PMI, offer much more technically demanding credentials.

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta

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