Edward HicklandOwner| Hickland & AssociateMerrick, Ny, United States
I am in a PhD program in project management and my topic is training project managers to competency. As dissertation time nears, looking for feedback from project managers.
Do you feel the PMP Certification fully tests project management competency?
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
The PMP certification test can't fully test project management competency - no test can. Every project is different, even those performed within the same company. Project management is an art. Knowing the answers to questions proves theoretical competency, but it doesn't prove a person can navigate the myriad variables needed to guide a project to a successful conclusion.
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Jun 01, 2018 8:04 PM
Edward Hickland
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It has been 15 years since I personally sat for the exam. At that time it was all theory. Understand there are a number of situational questions in the exam, do you know that to be true?
The PMP exam coupled with your PM experience tests project management competency, particularly the experience side of the equation. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
If you read all related to certification inside the PMI´s certification website you will find the answer. I am saying that just in case you are searching for the basement of your research. Obviously because you are into a PH.D program some critical things has to be defined first. For example, the term "competency". I do not want to bother you but this type of things are critical when you are making a doctoral thesis.
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Jun 01, 2018 7:58 PM
Edward Hickland
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Thanks for the feedback. Competency is a somewhat ambiguous term much like project success. The question when referring to certification and competency is there a relationship, e.g., having a PMP does that define the ambiguous term competency. Is there such a construct PMP - competency - project success or competency - PMP - project success? Or, just maybe PMP is simply a moderator competency - project success.
Abstract: This paper begins the groundwork for a research effort to examine the factors in the organizational environment that enhance or detract from project manager competence to determine a project manager’s Effective Outcomes Quotient™ (EOQ). When a project manager’s EOQ indicates a gap, the project manager’s efforts may not meet his or her own expectations or the expectations of management and project stakeholders. Does this mean that the project manager is not competent? Not necessarily. It may mean the performance expectations set by the project manager and management are unrealistic given the organization’s project management maturity level and other factors present in the overall organization. Saving Changes...
The PMP tests "what" you know but no knowledge-based certification can test "how" you will really apply that knowledge in a given situation. Even though there are a lot of scenario-oriented questions, an ineffective PM might still know what they should do (enabling them to pass the exam) but be incapable of doing it for real...
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Edward HicklandOwner| Hickland & AssociateMerrick, Ny, United States
Jun 01, 2018 5:30 AM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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If you read all related to certification inside the PMI´s certification website you will find the answer. I am saying that just in case you are searching for the basement of your research. Obviously because you are into a PH.D program some critical things has to be defined first. For example, the term "competency". I do not want to bother you but this type of things are critical when you are making a doctoral thesis.
Thanks for the feedback. Competency is a somewhat ambiguous term much like project success. The question when referring to certification and competency is there a relationship, e.g., having a PMP does that define the ambiguous term competency. Is there such a construct PMP - competency - project success or competency - PMP - project success? Or, just maybe PMP is simply a moderator competency - project success. Saving Changes...
Edward HicklandOwner| Hickland & AssociateMerrick, Ny, United States
May 31, 2018 7:58 PM
Replying to Eric Simms
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The PMP certification test can't fully test project management competency - no test can. Every project is different, even those performed within the same company. Project management is an art. Knowing the answers to questions proves theoretical competency, but it doesn't prove a person can navigate the myriad variables needed to guide a project to a successful conclusion.
It has been 15 years since I personally sat for the exam. At that time it was all theory. Understand there are a number of situational questions in the exam, do you know that to be true? Saving Changes...
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