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@DD1, Are they being hired to be PMs? Because that would make 100% sense. PMPs have their place in the market because of the certification's leaning on process driven project management. Unfortunately, some non-pm resources just see someone putting in 'slow processes', but that is what they believe minimizes risk to the project and that is why projects/companies look for PMP certified candidates.
I will say though that I agree with your sentiment, but I believe that it is more of a personal trait. I've worked with 6 PMP certified PMs and 5 of the 6 are along the same vein that you are talking about, but I've always contributed it to their personal inability to understand streamlined delivery and process reengineering. It was either that or they were too lazy to be complicit in changing processes ('We're doing it this way because we've always done it this way')
Being a PMP certified PM myself, I love change as long as it is done for a reason, executed properly with due consideration, and documented somewhere locatable by future project members.
If you are federal go for it. Otherwise no-one cares. Obviously do it for yourself if you want to...
I have been working in State and Local Government close to 10 years.
No federal yet..
I’ve found a lot of folks with PMP’s are the ones that are the least flexible, love processes that slows everyone down, and most resistant to change. I wonder why that is?
OP: Par for the course. You can be a great PM without the cert and a terrible one with it.
I do agree, I do embrace change and the PMP style lives too much in a perfect world. The PMP test was too boring for me to focus, but then again any test that is more than 3 hours.. makes me lose focus. Damn ADHD.
Prob applicable to state and local as well.
Credentials seem to matter more in the public sector. Less important with corporate clients because if you suck, they can quickly roll you off.
ACP means little. Get the PMP. Throw in Scrum Master if you want Agile
@TM okay thank you. I have met some PMs with PMPs who don’t know what they are doing, but are great test takers. It’s more marketable and I do have my scrum master certification, so that’s good news.
Agile more than pmp