Gauri Chhabra
Project Management Professional (PMP)
The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) credential is recognized as the most important certification for project managers and would increase your employability. The certification demonstrates that you have not only the experience but also the education to successfully lead and direct projects. The PMP credential is for experienced project management professionals, as the qualifications and testing for this certification are rigorous, as are the required continuing education requirements. All of these factors ensure that the PMP credential is widely respected. The PMP experience and exam requirements focus on five process groups: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing.
MCP:
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) is a professional certification given by Microsoft. Individual certificates are awarded during the passage of one or more tests. The MCP program itself is designed for IT professionals and developers.These series of techniques for MC (Microsoft Certified) code contains a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), Microsoft Certified Master (MCM), Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA), Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS). You need to recertify yourself almost every 3 years in order to stay current.
MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer):
Information Technology is a dynamic field. In case you wish to remain current and improve enhance your employability, you can go in for Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) credentialthat is the highest level of certification program offered by Microsoft. It focuses on the ability to design and build application solutions that may include integrating multiple technologies and may span multiple versions of a single technology.To meet certification requirements, a person must pass three tracks; MCSD Windows Store Apps, MCSD Web App, MCSD Application Life Cycle Management.However, in order to stay current, you need to do a recertification after every two years.
MCITP (Data Base Administrator):
The MCITP certification validates that you are capable of deploying, building, designing, optimizing, and operating technologies for a particular job role. MCITP certifications builds on the technical proficiency measured in the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications. In order to earn the MCITP: Database Administrator you must first pass the Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist certification in SQL Server 2008. You will have knowledge of SQL Server instances and database solutions, database server security solutions, high availability databases, backup and recovery solutions, monitoring strategies, database management and maintenance strategies, and data distribution strategies.
Earning a certification will enhance your employability; however, it does not guarantee that you will walk into a higher paying job. Certification counts, but employers look at several factors, including experience.
Therefore, for whether you take the first road or the second, team it up with certifications and experience to step up to success.
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