Is a PMP certification still valuable in consulting? Have the opportunity to sign up for a company-sponsored training, but my mentor is mentioning an Agile certification is more valuable. I am a functional lead in large technology implementation projects fwiw.

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Sounds to me like a great way to stand out for the most boring roles and projects

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I’m also curious on how the PMP certification helps in career growth apart from the promotion requirements

only relevant in IT cos specifically service based ones. Better go for agile and product management

check aipmm it may be valuable.
The world is changing and traditional ways of pmi/pmp certificate is not the norm these days. I doubt any certification would add credible value than the experience itself in product co or MBA in entrepreneurship. Fishes around here definitely can add more to it.

It has been years since my PMP, so I don’t know how modern their latest curriculum is. For anything digital, look Product > Project.

If you're in the fed space, PMP is legit. If you're in an org that is 100% waterfall, it's not a bad cert to have.

If you're not in either of those two scenarios, I'd recommend focusing on product and agile certs.

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