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		<title>Why the PMP Certification?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I officially became PMP Certified. As an agile-enthusiast (or maybe preacher) I never thought this would have ever happened. I&#8217;d like to share briefly the reasons of this choice in this post: * First of all, the current economic crisis requires constant improvement: if you want to stand out of the lot, you [...]

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://twitter.com/njamin/status/2176179800">This morning</a> I officially became <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Management_Professional">PMP</a> Certified. As an agile-enthusiast (or maybe preacher) I never thought this would have ever happened. I&#8217;d like to share briefly the reasons of this choice in this post:</p>
<p>* First of all, the current economic crisis requires constant improvement: if you want to stand out of the lot, you need to differentiate yourself and always continue to develop your skills and competencies. If you don&#8217;t do that, somebody else is going to eat your lunch. Am I going to let that happen? No way!!</p>
<p>* Secondly only focusing on one aspect or vision about a specific topic can never be a positive thing. Broadening your knowledge can provide perspective and help you make the right decisions. Although Scrum has been at the center of my daily work for about 2 years now, I wanted to compare PMBOK and Scrum and see what differences / commonalities there are. Maybe I&#8217;ll write about this&#8230;</p>
<p>* Finally I would say that project management is also about picking the right set of guidelines (or call it framework / standards) to allow successful delivery of a project. There is no silver bullet &#8211; Scrum isn&#8217;t, PMBOK isn&#8217;t, Prince2 isn&#8217;t, therefore a great project manager will know when to use which methodology to make the most of the project team and get customer satisfaction.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s next&#8230;</p>


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<li><a href='http://www.njamin.org/blog/agile/succeeding-with-agile-237.php' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Succeeding with Agile'>Succeeding with Agile</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.njamin.org/blog/scrum/scrum-master-certification-my-expectations-72.php' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Scrum Master Certification: My Expectations'>Scrum Master Certification: My Expectations</a></li>
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