PMP Certification and SAP

[swartshaun]

Hi,

I am currently doing my Project Management Professional Certification 2009 (PMP) , and was wondering what is the best course of action when I get certification. I am considering doing SAP - project manager (PLM) afterwards.

Do you guys think this is a good move or what is the best advise/route to go with a PMP certification ?

I am a bit in the dark here , so all help would be appreciated !!!!!!!!!1

 

[bsntombela]

I really do not see the value of doing a SAP specific PM certification after you're PMP certified. If your intentions are to get as many PM theoretical certificates as possible, perhaps you might as well go do the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certificates.

Each organisation these days have their own Project Management methodology, at the end of the day, these certificates will only help you get a high paying job and not real project management experience. I say go do your MBA or MBL if you don't already have.

 

[swartshaun]

Thanks, that makes sense. Just another question , If someone has no formal IT education and decides to do the Cisco certification (CCNA + CCNP) or MS (MCITP), will that be enough qualifications to get a well paying job ?

 

[FarligOpptreden]

UPFRONT DISCLAIMER:(©FarligOpptreden 2009) Weightings completely made, alternatives welcome.



No, but it's probably enough to get your foot in the door.

$$ α (0.45 *responsibility/accountability + 0.40 * experience + 0.15 * qualifications)

Is it (responsibility / accountability) or (responsibility || accountability)? Reason I'm asking, is because if one of them is 0 then you'd get a Division by Zero exception in your formula. Either that, or the formula result would just be 0. Another thing, if it is really (responsibility || accountability) and both are specified, which one would you use? If you use XOR and responsibility IS specified, accountability would be ignored. Wouldn't you rather have to weigh responsibility versus accountability and use the one with the highest weight in the formula or better yet, use a weighted average of the two?

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Seems better now... Luckily you had the UPFRONT DISCLAIMER in there, else your credibility as an Engineering Software... err... Engineer would suffer...

EDIT: If they were meant to be synonyms, you could've declared two variables of reference type and set them equal to one another. That way they you would be able to use them in a synonymous way. But I'm sure you're quite aware of that...