Monday, April 16, 2012

Chapter 2 CASE #3 When Certification Is Justified

Discussion Questions


1.)    How can organizations and vendors change their certification programs to test for skills as well as core knowledge  What issues might this introduce?

A company with a Windows Server network might run ad for a systems integration engineer and require a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer(MCSE) certification . a company that uses Siebel customer relationship management software might require a new hire to ave a certification in the latest version of Siebel.

2.)    What are the primary arguments against certification, and how can certifying bodies change their programs to overcome these shortcomings?

IT workersargued that testable IT knowledge does not necessarily translate into quality IT work. To overcome this shortcomings, SAP has built alliances with some 900 universities around the wglobe to deliver training and certify additional resources and also while there is no universal call for certification examination procedures that answers all needs within the IT progression, certifying bodies are beginning to adapt their programs to better fulfill the evolving needs for certification IT.

3.)    What are the benefits of certification? How might certification programs need to change in the future to better serve the needs of the IT community?
Employers use certification as a hiring gate for entrylevel positions and for jobs that require specific core knowledge. Also, employers use certification as a means of training emplyees nd increasing skill levels within the company. Certification programs need to change in the future to better serve the needs of the IT community like changing IT certification examination. Other organizations are catching on. Sun Microsystem requires the completion of programming or design assignments for some of it’s certification.






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