I thought of something whilst driving the other day… A USA Drivers License is a lot like a Scrum Certificate. Basically anyone can get one with only a smattering of studying and a r-e-a-l-l-y trivial practical exam. When people need to hire someone that can drive, they check that the cert exists (ok, I know …
Category Archive: certification
Dec 21
IT Certification circa 1998
Wow, check out this excellent post by Tom DeMarco: “On IT Certification” I think much of what Tom writes applies to the current-day “dust-up” around the Certified Scrum Master training. Where’s the “bowing down to wisdom” emoticon when you need it? Share this:
Nov 05
Certification is a Good Thing
I read with pleasure “The Value of Certification” from Pawel Brodzinski, that emanated from a discussion about evaluating employees. Pawel points out some obvious pros to certification, and one big con: It’s objective measurement It’s butt-simple (Pawel didn’t actually say this, that’s, ummm, me talkin’) It’s, and I quote, “pretty much useless” Then it dawned …
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