Software Development Certifications

Certifications have become an important part of the life of software development professionals. If there is some aims by hiring organizations to try to assess the capacity of their future employees, certification is also a lucrative market for training companies and professional organizations that sell, sorry provide the certifications. The situation is very competitive in the project management market where besides the traditional PMP certification provided by the Project Management Institute, there has been the increased adoption of agile project management certification, mainly the ScrumMaster official titles provided by either the Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org. This is so true that the PMI has now developed its own Agile Project Management certification. Certifications are also present in another number of software development areas. According to the Software Testing Magazine, the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) is the clear leader in the field of software testing certifications, with only few competitors that act more locally. In the area of software requirements management and business analysis certification, the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) is the main professional and certification organization. There are however alternative certification scheme provided by organizations like the International Requirements Engineering Board, the British Computer Society (BCS) or the Object Management Group (OMG) which specialize in UML-based analysis certifications.