I've been really enjoying a program management/capacity building project I'm on and I'm looking to beef up my credentials. Any tips on certs? PMP, LSS? Anything else?

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PMP is table stakes in federal program management. Beyond that, it depends on the nature of the work. If you're doing agile work, there are quite a few agile certs to choose from. LSS is big if you're doing process/quality improvement stuff, but not really applicable outside of that area. And so on.

Understand agile certs are largely dependent on type of work or project, but is there prominent one you’d suggest for a generalist ?

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