Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam
I worked on the first ISO9001 certification in the company when I was at Kohler. What a PITA, and in all honesty, when it was all said and done nothing changed - except the QA guys who bolted for much better jobs since they could now say they did an ISO9000 certification. Worked out well for them, as they found new jobs for lots more $$$ Dan --- On Fri, 4/29/11, OK Don wrote: > From: OK Don > Subject: Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 12:21 AM > We did the ITIL foundations class to > get every one talking the same language > - I don't know that we accomplished that though --- > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:17 PM, > wrote: > > > I'll add a little. I took a full week course on ITIL > 2.0 a few years back. > > I have my ITIL Foundations Certificate. The class was > given by IBM and the > > test was graded and certificates issued by a college > in Canada. I think now > > you can get about any certificate you want for less. I > know some guys who > > were "friends" with an instructor who let them (4) > take their Six Sigma > > green belt class/test as a group over the web. Of > course, they all passed > > and received their Green Belt certificates. I've > worked on ITIL, Six Sigma, > > ISO9000, and other methodologies over the decades. I > don't put a lot of > > stock in certifications. I've worked with too many > "certified" people. I've > > always found that good common sense and training goes > a lot farther than any > > certificates. > > Of course this is just my experience and .02. Others > may differ... > > Best Wishes, > > Roger Hale > > Monroe, Ga. > > ___ > > > > -- > > > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 1992 300D 2.5T > 1990 300D 2.5T > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam
Points well taken, Roger. I was curious as I see it listed in a lot of job requirements, and after looking it over closely, it just appears to be a "best practices" sort of thing, nothing more. The study questions I read I could answer for the most part without ever having read the material. I agree with your comments regarding certifications, but if it's something I can do easily and inexpensively, why not? My current Security+ instructor has access to a test prep service that has materials for just about everything imaginable. I am going to see if he has anything on ITIL Dan --- On Fri, 4/29/11, roger...@comcast.net wrote: > From: roger...@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 12:17 AM > I'll add a little. I took a full week > course on ITIL 2.0 a few years back. I have my ITIL > Foundations Certificate. The class was given by IBM and the > test was graded and certificates issued by a college in > Canada. I think now you can get about any certificate you > want for less. I know some guys who were "friends" with an > instructor who let them (4) take their Six Sigma green belt > class/test as a group over the web. Of course, they all > passed and received their Green Belt certificates. I've > worked on ITIL, Six Sigma, ISO9000, and other methodologies > over the decades. I don't put a lot of stock in > certifications. I've worked with too many "certified" > people. I've always found that good common sense and > training goes a lot farther than any certificates. > Of course this is just my experience and .02. Others may > differ... > Best Wishes, > Roger Hale > Monroe, Ga. > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam
We did the ITIL foundations class to get every one talking the same language - I don't know that we accomplished that though --- On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:17 PM, wrote: > I'll add a little. I took a full week course on ITIL 2.0 a few years back. > I have my ITIL Foundations Certificate. The class was given by IBM and the > test was graded and certificates issued by a college in Canada. I think now > you can get about any certificate you want for less. I know some guys who > were "friends" with an instructor who let them (4) take their Six Sigma > green belt class/test as a group over the web. Of course, they all passed > and received their Green Belt certificates. I've worked on ITIL, Six Sigma, > ISO9000, and other methodologies over the decades. I don't put a lot of > stock in certifications. I've worked with too many "certified" people. I've > always found that good common sense and training goes a lot farther than any > certificates. > Of course this is just my experience and .02. Others may differ... > Best Wishes, > Roger Hale > Monroe, Ga. > ___ > > -- > OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam
I'll add a little. I took a full week course on ITIL 2.0 a few years back. I have my ITIL Foundations Certificate. The class was given by IBM and the test was graded and certificates issued by a college in Canada. I think now you can get about any certificate you want for less. I know some guys who were "friends" with an instructor who let them (4) take their Six Sigma green belt class/test as a group over the web. Of course, they all passed and received their Green Belt certificates. I've worked on ITIL, Six Sigma, ISO9000, and other methodologies over the decades. I don't put a lot of stock in certifications. I've worked with too many "certified" people. I've always found that good common sense and training goes a lot farther than any certificates. Of course this is just my experience and .02. Others may differ... Best Wishes, Roger Hale Monroe, Ga. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam
I didn't think so after looking over some of the test prep stuff. Mostly looks like procedural sort if things, many of which are common sense things. Dan Sent from my iPod On Apr 28, 2011, at 10:04 PM, OK Don wrote: > Work sent a bunch of us to a 3 day ITIL V3 foundations course a year or two > ago. They covered a lot of ground, but it's mostly learning the terminology. > We had 100% pass rate for 40 people - can't be too hard. No one has gone on > to the other certs that I know, so can't comment on them. > One guy read a book, then took the foundations test and passed -- you don't > need the class. > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:14 PM, LWB250 wrote: > >> Anyone know anything about ITIL certification? >> >> Dan >> >> -- >> > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 1992 300D 2.5T > 1990 300D 2.5T > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] A+ Exam
Work sent a bunch of us to a 3 day ITIL V3 foundations course a year or two ago. They covered a lot of ground, but it's mostly learning the terminology. We had 100% pass rate for 40 people - can't be too hard. No one has gone on to the other certs that I know, so can't comment on them. One guy read a book, then took the foundations test and passed -- you don't need the class. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:14 PM, LWB250 wrote: > Anyone know anything about ITIL certification? > > Dan > > -- > OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] A+ Exam
Did the second half (practical) of my CompTIA A+ exam today. Passed (790 out of 900) but found this part tougher than the first section. Mainly because there was a lot of stuff on Vista, which I have never worked with, especially the directory structures. That was probably what pulled my score down. Other than that, it was pretty easy. Anyone know anything about ITIL certification? Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
