George JucanManaging Partner| Organizational Perfomance Enablers NetworkWoodbridge, Ontario, Canada
A discussion regarding specialized PM certifications by industry enticed me to start this discussion regarding advanced-level certification(s). To be very clear, this is about experienced project managers, not about program / portfolio (different domains) nor about PBA, ACP, RMP or SP (specializations).
I keep hearing on hallways at conferences and so on from people that complain that "everybody's a PMP these days"... and with 650,000 PMPs it's close to be true! Nothing wrong with the PMP certification, it's probably the most recognized credential world-wide - it does what it's supposed to do, confirms that the holder has the basics to be a competent PM.
How about the PMs that are way ahead from this level, that proved their worth? And, while I'm in the category of 20+ years of experience, I don't believe that competence is simply equal with years of experience (and I'd like to see your thoughts about it).
So my questions to the community are: do you think that a "higher" project management certification than PMP would be needed, and if so what would be the admission / certification criteria?
To be completely transparent, if this discussion goes where I believe it would I intend to use these ideas for subsequent research to start advocating PMI GOC for such certification. Saving Changes...
