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[Gregory Childers]

@Rick Butler & @Greg Childers , i agree that having a firm prerequisite for certifications would be hard to enforce. But I would look to what others in the field are doing. One example would be the CISSP certification from ISC2. You can complete the certification exam. But if you lack the requisite experience and/or education. Your cert is 'put on ice', as they put it, until the prerequisites are met. A good middle ground.

Axelos/Peoplecert requires that candidates get the ITIL 4 Foundations certification before they can take an intermediate certification, so there is precedent to requiring certs to take another cert exam.

 

[Michael Schmitz]

Axelos/Peoplecert requires that candidates get the ITIL 4 Foundations certification before they can take an intermediate certification, so there is precedent to requiring certs to take another cert exam.

what is there Market. How many certs they wanna manage? You can do that, but reduces their Customerbase and makes the Processes more complex.

So, it is up to the Vendor owning it. Maybe we see changes here for CompTIA as well. Or not.
I do not know, how the DoD requires the Students to go through the Courses / Exams..

 

[Gregory Childers]

what is there Market. How many certs they wanna manage? You can do that, but reduces their Customerbase and makes the Processes more complex.

So, it is up to the Vendor owning it. Maybe we see changes here for CompTIA as well. Or not.
I do not know, how the DoD requires the Students to go through the Courses / Exams..

Axelos/PeopleCert have more certifications than CompTIA does.

Certifications | Axelos

We offer a range of certifications covering IT Service Management, Project, Programme and Portfolio Management, Risk Management and more. Learn more.

www.axelos.com

The DoD only requires that students pass the certs for their job classifications. They could not care less if they have the prerequisite knowledge, experience, or certifications. This is a huge oversight by the DoD because it encourages people to exam cram without gaining the foundational knowledge necessary to be successful in their role. I've been doing DoD training for 25 years and it's always been a problem.

 

[Trevor Chandler]

Axelos/PeopleCert have more certifications than CompTIA does.

Certifications | Axelos

We offer a range of certifications covering IT Service Management, Project, Programme and Portfolio Management, Risk Management and more. Learn more.

www.axelos.com

The DoD only requires that students pass the certs for their job classifications. They could not care less if they have the prerequisite knowledge, experience, or certifications. This is a huge oversight by the DoD because it encourages people to exam cram without gaining the foundational knowledge necessary to be successful in their role. I've been doing DoD training for 25 years and it's always been a problem.

You mean after 25 years, the DoD hasn't corrected this matter? Houston, we got a problem!!!!

 

[BrianFord]

That's my concern. That they're more concerned about profit than providing a real value to the learners. It's a huge disservice to allow them to try to skip steps in the learning process because they want to cut corners.

This was tried in the past and went to litigation in the courts when one company had some certifications stacked (required prerequisites) and others challenged (have prerequisites but candidates can bypass some of those). If you look at the ISC2 CISSP program they dropped the candidate must hold the CISSP certification prerequisite for the concentrations.

 

[Gregory Childers]

This was tried in the past and went to litigation in the courts when one company had some certifications stacked (required prerequisites) and others challenged (have prerequisites but candidates can bypass some of those). If you look at the ISC2 CISSP program they dropped the candidate must hold the CISSP certification prerequisite for the concentrations.

How can the court rule that a private entity cannot enforce mandatory prerequisites?