re: Project Management Professional Accreditation

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A PMP often implies plain project management skills but no business content which is why I don't hire many.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have to have roughly 4 years worth of experience to qualify for the PMP? If you've accrued that and decided to pursue a professional certification, you have to had picked up a little business sense.

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Obviously there are exceptions and many have both but a person who tries to run things based on a project plan usually just annoys the people doing the real work.

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I agree. Planning and scheduling are worthless. I bet it annoys you when people ask you how long its going to take you to complete an activity, too?

I digress. I've been out of college for seven years now, and have been seriously thinking about pursuing it. It seems to have some traction in the Construction industry with Industrial and Federal projects. Its not a fad like LEED, and I'd at least pick up some useful knowledge in the process of pursuing it.

Plus, I'd get to put El Prez, PMP on my business cards.