Jesse Wilkins said:
>I'd also note that this is the approach that the Project Management
>Institute, whose letters are pretty well recognized, has taken. In
addition >to the "classic" Project Management Professional, or PMP, PMI
has added the >Certificate Associate in Project Management and will
debut a new credential >for program management sometime in 2007. 

>Not saying I necessarily agree with this approach, but it's another
data >point. And of course the ICRM already does this with the CRM and
CRM/NS.

The Certified Associate in Project Manager (CAPM), as Jesse refers to,
is what I would consider a PMP-Light; the application requirements are
less stringent and the test is 150 questions versus 200 for the PMP.
CAPM's must meet all the requirements for the PMP within a three year
time frame or lose the credential.  The NS, or Nuclear Specialist, is an
advanced industry specific designation; one must be a CRM to sit for the
NS exam.

Call me hard headed (I am part German) - I'm just not sold on the
concept of a sub-CRM credential, not at this time anyway.  I haven't
seen any arguments to date which would convince me otherwise (Yes,
Whitaker and I DO agree on something.)  The accounting profession has
done extremely well with one credential all these years.  But I speak
for only myself and not as a board member.

As an aside, I didn't feel the CAPM was necessary when PMI first
proposed the idea and still have some reservations even now.  I suppose
it is a way for individuals to get their foot into the door but not sure
how much more meaning it carries.  When one gets down to brass-tacks,
most employers seeking credentialed project management professionals
want PMPs.      

Bruce L. White, CRM, PMP
San Diego, CA
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