A recent survey by Arras People, the Project Management Recruitment Specialists received responses from 1,225 permanent and contract Programme and Project Professionals during January 2007. Once again it showed that PRINCE2™ – Still top of the charts is the nations favourite accreditation in the Project Management field, but indicated that some questions are being asked!
I’m a Professional. I’m accredited: This topic generated a lot of responses in the previous years survey and it would appear that the debate continues. We found that:
- In the mainstream world of project management, Prince2 Practitioner and Prince 2 Foundation remain the hot tickets this year. However their share of the votes remains roughly the same.
- ITIL Foundation (Green) is a rising star, moving from 7= to 4=, and doubling its vote
- Six Sigma has come up on the rails from nowhere into 4=, with the same share of the votes as ITIL Green.
- MSc Project Management has moved up a place on an increased vote
- APM Intro Cert increased its share of the vote, but its ranking in the league table remains unchanged.
- The others remain unchanged, each with a very small percentage of the overall vote.
The 2007 outlook? Respondents were asked which additional accreditations they were likely to go for in 2007.
- 27% said “none”.
- The two Prince qualifications topped the votes, with 16 and 14%, which is good news for the training organisations.
- Six Sigma, ITIL Green, PMI-PMP, and IPMA level B all attracted between 3 and 5 per cent of the votes, followed by a long list of accreditations with statistically insignificant percentages, but together amounting to 32% of respondents.
It would appear that the debate is still raging about where the demand for accreditation is coming from and also to some extent their real value in the market place. “Badge or membership card?”, may well become the next question on many people’s lips!
The full survey results can be found on the Arras People website.
