What is the best "combo" certification out there?

Sergio De Benito Navarrete PM II| Experian Madrid, Spain

Hi all,

I am PMP certified, and was just wondering what would be the best choice for getting another certification. I mean what is (or will be in the near future) the most valuable certification combination for the organizations when hiring new people?

Do you think that PMI-Agile + PMP is a good combination? or maybe PMP + Business Intelligence ?

I am a bit lost to be honest, so any advice is welcomed.

Many thanks in advance.

Posted: Mar 1, 2016 4:42 AM

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saurabh mahajan PMP, ITIL, PRINCE2| vodafone Pune, Maharashtra, India

Hello Sergio,

It will depend on your interest. If you are interested in agile then yes, PMI-ACP is good.
Still I would suggest you to first decide on your interest and what you want to be. Then deciding on certification will be much easier

Posted: Mar 1, 2016 6:30 AM

Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hello Tocayo (your name is the same than mine). I selected my certifications based on my own estimation about future market demands then I can be wrong. I think the best certification for the future is the PMI´s PMI-PBA (certification on business analysis).

Posted: Mar 1, 2016 6:48 AM

Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada

I've been told by recruiting companies that PRINCE2 and CBAP are attractive complements to a PMP certification. (This was before PMI-PBA so this might be a good alternative to CBAP now.)

My ITIL Foundation and PMI-SP certifications appear to be less appealing to prospective employers.

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1 reply by Markus Kopko

Mar 02, 2016 2:33 AM

Markus Kopko

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Hello Stephane,

this is pretty much interesting point of view. I have spoken to several experts which know both worlds (PMI and PRINCE2) and they all told me that PRINCE2 was a better choice for people who havn't much experience in the field of project management yet; so it could be a good starting point for the development in project management.
And PMP would be the better choice for already well expereinced experts in project management since it is a certification for "professionals".
From this point of view doing PRINCE2 if you have already PMP might be a step backwards ....
What is your view on this?

Regards,

Markus

Posted: Mar 1, 2016 9:27 PM

Markus Kopko AI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM AI Coach| PMotion.ai Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Hello Sergio,

like my fellow posters here already mentioned, the best complementary certification to your PMP certification would be that, which fits your personal and your organizations future needs and career development expectations best.
So, if you work in an agile environment (SW development for instance) than PMI Agile or any other agile certification might be the best choice.
Depending on what the other Sergio wrote and based what i know yet about business analysis and its future demands, i would go for that and that is exactly what i am actually do. ;)
So, my choice would be PMI-PBA.

Posted: Mar 2, 2016 2:29 AM

Markus Kopko AI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM AI Coach| PMotion.ai Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Mar 01, 2016 9:27 PM

Replying to Stéphane Parent

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Posted: Mar 2, 2016 2:33 AM

Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada

It doesn't matter what I think about PRINCE2, Markus.

What's important are the companies that are, more and more, looking for it, even in North America. They probably don't see it as a "PMP-lite".

Posted: Mar 2, 2016 7:47 AM

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