It's All A Dream!

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Certification doesn't work. It simply doesn't achieve the results it's intended to achieve. You cannot become an effective Agile change agent just by reading a book or sitting in a class, taking a test, then becoming certified. Companies that claim to want certified people are broken: they give the hiring decisions to people who don't understand what they're looking for, or they're not willing to admit their mistakes and cut ties with people who aren't working out. These companies don't need the level of protection that certification claims to provide! They have plenty of resources with which to make good hiring decisions and more than enough wherewithal to fix hiring mistakes the moment they uncover them! Moreover, certification weakens those companies by helping them hire less-than-qualified individuals while thinking they are doing the right thing.

Don't contribute to watering down the meaning of a truly competent, effective agile transition specialist, consultant, coach, mentor, teacher or practitioner! Don't look to become certified and don't work for companies that demand certification.

Certification is futile

The Agile Alliance's position on certifying Agile practitioners

Tom DeMarco on certifying programmers in general