I personally don’t see value from getting a PMP these days... what’s the push for still getting the PMP?

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Only get a PMP cert if you're ready to invest heavily in pleated dress pants with ankle cuffs and a plastic belt mount for your cell phone

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I would do it just to say I'm PMPin' all over the world.

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OP: If you need an explanation of D2, you should get the PMP.

D2 means that people who revere the PMP generally are those professional PMO road creatures taking calls on their Bluetooth headset while at the airport urinal that consultants revile.

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I always laugh when I see someone put pmp after their name on bus cards and emails almost as bad as those who put MBA on the same.

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In-ear Bluetooth with the little microphone. Golf shirts for work

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It's not entirely useless, but 90% of it is academic nonsense. On the job training is more useful, and oddly also required to be done first before you can get your PMP. PMI's approach for PMP makes me question the value of all their other certificates, but does anyone have good experience with any like the agile one?

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Money for pmi?

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PMP one more letter and you are a PIMP.

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No one in commercial consulting cares about PMP. Fed only really cares

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Fed contracts often require a PMP for the project or program manager.

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@ D1 - By push, I mean from consulting firms and some industry companies. @SA1 - Humor is well appreciated.

@ D2 - Explain...?

@ D3 - I figured that was the case. I unfortunately don’t revere the PMP but will need to get one.

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