It's kinda funny how this whole certification process evolved. In the
"olden days", the CCIE was a certification that was geared towards the TAC,
as a way of enhancing Cisco's already-renowned technical support. It was
offered to the external world as a way for those packet jockeys to be
acknowledged as experts in the internetworking field.
The CCNA/NP/DA/DP certs were geared mostly toward the channel, to enhance
and acknowledge their technical expertise. When they looked at the certs
carefully though, Cisco decided to make CCIE certification a requirement for
their premier channel partners, and the number of CCIE's and amount of sales
determined their premier partner status.
As far as CCIE's being "project managers", most of them balk at it because
in truth, they're technical experts, not project experts. The quote from
the article is the opinion of the authors, and not necessarily the position
that Cisco is taking for the CCIE.
----- Original Message -----
From: Howard C. Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: off-topic: anyone alarmed?
> Does it occur to anyone else that it's strange to put CCIE's in
> "project management" when the CCIE program doesn't, in the slightest,
> test for project management skills?
>
>
> >just a correction, it wasn't a newspaper but an article on ZDNet:
> >
> >http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/news/0,4538,2693233-1,00.html
> >
> >which in part states:
> >
> >Quote
> >
> >Not to be left out, Cisco Systems is reworking its partner program so
that
> >all partners are required to specialize. The company also will require
> >customer-satisfaction ratings for its partners, a step taken by Microsoft
> >earlier this year for its top-tier Gold partners.
> >
> >In return, Cisco will share its best practices and tools with its
partners
> >and drop the CCIE requirements from one per $10 million sales to one per
$40
> >million in sales. That will push CCIEs into a project management role,
and
> >put more responsibility on the shoulders of associate, professional and
> >expert certified Cisco partners.
> >
> >Unquote.
> >
> >Kevin Wigle
>
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