Very reasonable discussion. I once had a CDP (Certified Data Processor) by ICCP with a focus area of management. It is now unknown and discarded. Hard to think of PMP designators being discarded as irrelevant but at one tme CDP was all the counted as well.
My hope is that PMI will recognize that time in position really is important as is hours in position. There will never be a time when I have the PM hours aligned with PDUs so that I could apply for PMP. I'd like to see my CDP designator count for something as well.
Somehow, managing project, people, and areas need to merge gracefully into the PMI processes. Until then, people such as myself with over 35 years in IT and 25+ calendar years experience in management of projects as well as people will always answer, "No, I'm not PMP" and be denied by HR areas for consideration of even junior positions.
Somehow the cash cow called "PDUs required for recertification" will need to be addressed. Life outside of work does go on so PDUs can be difficult to obtain. I'd probably go to another bootcamp and get it over in a week leading up to recertification time. If you are PMP then those skills don't go away over time so why should the PMP designation go away?
I'd thnk a successor program would be developed that is COBIT based or taking those principles into PMP designators.
My hope is that PMI returns to the its roots of common sense and abandons some of the less than real world academic pursuits. I hear PMs that have abandoned their PMP because PMI is leaning toward more academic approaches. Saving Changes...
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I think that the PMP designation is still relevant. I have heard many people bemoan becoming a PMP and it just doesn’t hold true. I also look at PDU as an opportunity to learn something new or to look into new industries, but I would not go back and learn something I already know.
I agree that PMI needs to focus on practical project management, but I don’t see it going away. PMI might morph, but not go away. In addition, I really don’t see a need for all these specialize certification, but if they wanted to add scrum and agile, they should just acquire these certification bodies instead of compete with them.
