Hi everyone, this is a question that has been asked from many to many! Some newly PMPs have come to me asking how to react to these situations: I want to get an understanding as to how my colleagues here on projectmanagement.com would react.
My suggestion is: Use your knowledge gained from years of experience and on top use the PMI's knowledge you gained while preparing and using the tools/ techniques and prove with reasoning and discussions. Saving Changes...
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
I am not sure about the existence of such a threat. I worked in companies where PMP and non PMP were working within the same PMO without any major issues. Conversely, the experience and technical proficiency on the project topic turned out to be the most relevant aspects that set apart the PMs. Saving Changes...
Yasaf BurshanFounder, CEO| Team GeniusTel-Aviv, Israel
I have seen a non-PMP certified project managers that did better job (by far) that certified ones. The point IMHO is to acquire and demonstrate leadership and expert power regardless if you're holding a certificate or not.
For me certificate (any certificate) does not replace real-life experience and expertise. Saving Changes...
We all have to ask the "silly" questions if we want to improve. A community such as projectmanagement.com is meant to be a safe and encouraging environment for anyone wishing to improve their project management skills. Don't be shy, ask your silly question. We won't bite.
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2 replies by Assadullah Memon and Denise Canty
Jul 11, 2016 12:44 PM
Assadullah Memon
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I cannot understand how a question can be silly if your intention is to learn something.
Jul 13, 2016 10:16 AM
Denise Canty
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This is not a silly question in my opinion, its just that the question is way too broad. There are a million reason why a person could perceive that they are "threatened". How would anyone really know which reason we can fix or even want to fix?
We all have to ask the "silly" questions if we want to improve. A community such as projectmanagement.com is meant to be a safe and encouraging environment for anyone wishing to improve their project management skills. Don't be shy, ask your silly question. We won't bite.
I cannot understand how a question can be silly if your intention is to learn something.
I cannot understand how a question can be silly if your intention is to learn something.
There is no silly question, Assadullah. That's why I had the double-quotes around the word.
Often, people are afraid to ask questions. We need to have the courage to ask the questions. We also need the patience to answer them.
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1 reply by Denise Canty
Jul 13, 2016 10:18 AM
Denise Canty
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Agree that there is no such thing as a "silly question". I feel that it's "silly" not to ask rather than be concerned about whether or not the question will be perceived to be silly. Any question that needs an answer is valid. Just my two cents.
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Kgobalale John MalatjiProjects Portfolio Manager | Noko-impJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
The perceived threat may rise from the fact that education gives a person volumes of knowledge and experience from many sources. It also gives one the knowledge in a structured and systematic manner. On the other hand an experienced person may not know what they don't know, simply because it is impractical to encounter all the possibilities in one's short life.Yet my believe is, while education facilitates speedy accumulation of vast knowledge, experience is still the better teacher. Saving Changes...
Experience is definitely a great teacher. But I have found some experienced PMs (non-PMP) sometimes do not know what they do not know. There may be some fundamentals which they missed or never had to use. An example, could be some processes which may be in effect for no other reason... than because this has always been done this way. Saving Changes...
Radhika NamburiAssociate Vice President Site coordinator| Wills Towers Watson CompanyVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
In the practical world of today, skill matters the most. if a person has the skill of developing and completing projects successfully, then it does not matter if he has a PMP or does not have a PMP. I would like to go back and look into those days when PMP did not evolve as a subject. All the projects then were based on skills attained and lessons learned which eventually translated to a curriculum and a certification. Saving Changes...
Denise CantyAgile Coach, Life Coach, Author, Senior Project-Program Manager| Cenden CompanyWashington, Dc, United States
I don't see how its humanly possible to change if someone feels threatened by your credentials. Especially in the case where "threat" is such a subjective concept. How would anyone impact if someone's feel jealous of another person's accomplishments? That sounds like a personal problem to me that only the threatened person can fix. Saving Changes...
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