Project Management in Practice

Which certification to pursue?..that is a million dollar question which every professional face, at some point in time of their career. This discussion is based on which certifications one should pursue, after making a concrete decision to tread the project management route. Within project management, we have two major schools;

• The agile project management
• Traditional project management

Both are valuable, and complementary.  Which one will give you the fastest return on investment depends on;

• The industry to which you belong to
• The industry where you want to spend your future
• The country where you will be working

The globally well known certifications for project managers

• Project Management Professional (PMI, USA)
• Projects in controlled environment (UK)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), by Scrumalliance
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM) by Scrum.org
• Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) by PMI-USA

If you are from the information technology domain, it is better to with any one of the…