And at the risk of my own health and welfare (donning flameproof suit)
personnel certifications are the same. Believe it or not, there are CDIA+s
and even CRMs that are not exactly the most gifted practitioners, while
there are any number of superlative practitioners without any alphabet soup
after their names. (removes the suit)
So to go back to Larry's point, DoD and other software certifications are
good for what they are good for: validating a certain minimal requirements
baseline which may or may not have any value for your particular
organization and circumstances. They are a good starting point to consider
requirements from, but should be taken with a couple pounds of salt and some
serious analysis of your business processes and culture.
Regards,
Jesse Wilkins
CDIA+, LIT, ICP, edp, ermm, ecms
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Alan A Andolsen CMC CRM
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:25 PM
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Subject: Re: software certifications
Larry Medina wrote:
> And all it "Certifies" is that a vendor has submitted their product to
> the testing required to ensure their software meets the requirements
> set forth in DOD 5015.2. It doesn't ensure it does it efficiently,
> effectively, as well or better than another product offering, it
> simply meets the requirements. By that I mean it can take 10 steps to
> achieve something or 3 steps, as long as it accomplishes it.
But isn't that what all other certifications are about -- achieving a goal,
but not specifying all the steps.
A person much wiser than I one said that you could get ISO 9000
certification for a concrete life vest. All the certification offered was
the guarantee that the life vest was made of the type of concrete specified
and manufactured according to the documented process.
A certification is only a starting point that can define a range of
capabilities that product has. It is up to the emptor [as in caveat emptor]
to test and to judge which offering meets the required specifications.
Al.
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