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Darya Akbari
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Originally posted by Jeanne Boyarsky: Rogerio, No. SCRUM is a development/process methodology. PMP is a project management certification.
Wasn't Scrum a project management approach
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Kengkaj Sathianpantarit
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Originally posted by Darya Akbari:
Wasn't Scrum a project management approach
I don't think so. Scrum is a development process.
Development and Project Management are very different.
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Darya Akbari
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Well I in the first place I thought the same that Scrum is one of those Software Development methods, but some here at JavaRanch say that Scrum is about project management.
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Originally posted by Darya Akbari: Well I in the first place I thought the same that Scrum is one of those Software Development methods, but some here at JavaRanch say that Scrum is about project management.
That would include me. There is nothing in Scrum about software development at all, it is purely about managing small, self-organizing teams. Though it is often used for projects involving software, Scrum is also successfully used for other types of projects.
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The PMP exam won't have any questions specifically about SCRUM. But if you have a good understanding of SCRUM, then that will give you a good leg up on studying for the PMP exam. The reason for this is that if you've spent time thinking about SCRUM, then you probably have a good understanding of a lot of the ideas behind team communication, project schedule constraints, and activity sequencing, and those are core concepts that you need to understand to become PMP certified.
You'll still have studying to do, though!
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