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Marina Guevara Functional Manager| Seeking new opportunities Richmond, Tx, United States
So now that I have a little more time on my hands (I am looking for new career opportunities), I want to maximize it by obtaining one more certification in addition to my PMP. I am a non-technical PM (with over 8 years of experience in the professional services industry), and any organizational, planning or process improvement activity gets my blood pumping:-) My question is: would Agile be more suitable for an IT professional or is it a fairly universal project management approach? The adaptive style of Agile and its emphasis on change management appeals to me, but being a perpetual learner with a curious analytical mind, I enjoy business analysis as well.

I would love to hear your opinion on what certification would be more applicable in my case, and, of course, more marketable. Thank you in advance for your responses.
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Rafael Silva PM Specialist| Vauxoo Colima, Mexico
Great news for your MBA admission!! Maybe in the MBA context formation you can find the BA more suitable on this stage of you career.

Success!!
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Anonymous
I failed PMP once in late 2015. Preparing for another PMP test to appear, not in a hurry though. I am a CPM learner today. Any suggestions on the same are welcome.
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May 24, 2016 7:08 AM
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Moumita, sorry to hear your result. 


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Seema Sonkiya Head Business Analysis Practices, PMI-PBA trainer| iZenBridge Consultancy Private Limited Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Moumita, sorry to hear your result. 


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Seema Sonkiya Head Business Analysis Practices, PMI-PBA trainer| iZenBridge Consultancy Private Limited Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Moumita, sorry to hear your result. 


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Seema Sonkiya Head Business Analysis Practices, PMI-PBA trainer| iZenBridge Consultancy Private Limited Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Marina, after doing PMP I do recommed PMI-PBA as managers need to go deep in business analysis for the success of the proect. 


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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
I think PBA is a specialising level you will need either you are waterfall or agile. I am thinking about the same now, to go for my PBA and then later ACP. I am very much a waterfall driven.
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1 reply by Sergio Luis Conte
Mar 01, 2018 5:44 AM
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PMI-ACP is Agile but Agile software right now. That is not good but is the best the PMI has done because the actual information about Agile. PMI-PBA will help you to work into any type of environment as PMP do.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mar 01, 2018 12:54 AM
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I think PBA is a specialising level you will need either you are waterfall or agile. I am thinking about the same now, to go for my PBA and then later ACP. I am very much a waterfall driven.
PMI-ACP is Agile but Agile software right now. That is not good but is the best the PMI has done because the actual information about Agile. PMI-PBA will help you to work into any type of environment as PMP do.
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Alok Priyadarshi Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Apr 15, 2016 8:32 AM
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Well, as I mentioned I have both and I mentioned my reasons. In my personal work experience I have been involved (and I am still involved) in initiatives regarding both worlds: agile and business analysis. About agile I started working in the software field but after that (from 1995) I have been working on agile applied to the whole organization (is the way agile was born in 1990 as a formal definition). The PMI-ACP is still software oriented no matter the methods you need to learn and understanding to get the certification becomes in the last years to agile solution delivery methods (DSDM and SCRUM for example). About business analysis, while I have the IIBA certification too, I think the PMI is making a great work and in my personal opinion is the role that is growing faster because the business world dynamic. I hope (at this time is what you can see in the PMI products) the PMI will put some clarification about the role with all the products the PMI is delivering at this time. If you ask to me, I would go for PMI-PBA.
Hi, Thanks for your valuable information.
Is it relevant at present based on current progress of PMI & project demand wide ?

Please give your suggestion based on present scenario.
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Sankalp Shukla II Gurgoan, Haryana, India
I'm am still not getting clarity. I was about to attempt the PMP exam but rescheduled due to COVID 19. Now I have a plan to complete PMP & PBA by the end of the year together. Please guide me to understand that is ACP also a good option, because I have never worked in an Agile Environment.
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chin fan so Program Manager| Galaxy Entertainment Taipa, Macao
Check out this book below, Agile applies to a wide areas: IT, Education, Renovation, Agriculture, Coffe Shop, Robot, ...

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

And the book is very intresting too, once I started reading it, I cannot stop.

So I do recommand to take any Agile certification as your next step.
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