College Diplomas on Display at Work

[markjames68]

Originally Posted by luckydogg

I am noticing some people at my work putting letters on their email signatures. A project manager I work with has at the end of every email:

Thanks,
Jane Smith, MBA, PMP, CSM

Seriously, you really need the world to know you're a certified SCRUM Master in every email you send!?

Worse, she's the the most useless, incompetent PM I have ever encountered in my 25 years in IT.

Broadcasting credentials looks especially moronic if it can't be backed up with actual competence.

What’s worse is someone I used to work with who got a DBA (which is fine). He lists his online profile as Dr John Smith, DBA. Should be one or the other!

[luckydogg]

Originally Posted by tnff

When it comes to PMI and assorted certifications, I'm almost to the point of anti-PMI. If I see someone with those certs, then they actually go down in my estimate of their ability to manage a project. Probably shouldn't but I've been burned too often to trust PMI certs on anything.

I feel you about the PMI certs, I have been burned by that too. I think the thing some newbie PM's don't realize is that project management is as much of an art as it is a science, and you need skills beyond certs to successfully manage a project (especially a large one). If all the PM knows how to do is schedule meetings in Outlook and regurgitate PMI buzzwords and jargon from memory, then they may be in for a rude awakening. I have seen more than one PM removed from projects and dismissed, so it happens....