Ask HN: What does HN think of certifications like TOGAF, ITIL and CBAP?

#1

Post by toto123456 » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 1:43 AM UTC

I'm a business analyst consultant in Canada, and looking into certifications. Thanks fr your input.

Re: Ask HN: What does HN think of certifications like TOGAF, ITIL and CBAP?

#2

Post by salmonz » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 2:07 AM UTC

Not that useful as there’s a shift towards agile and scrum.

Re: Ask HN: What does HN think of certifications like TOGAF, ITIL and CBAP?

#3

Post by cimmanom » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

Never heard of them.

Re: Ask HN: What does HN think of certifications like TOGAF, ITIL and CBAP?

#4

Post by byoung2 » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 2:34 AM UTC

My boss was big on TOGAF and ITIL, at least the concepts behind them. He would always talk our ears off about Margaret Thatcher and the origin of ITIL. In 4 years of working for the company we never got farther than talk. Meanwhile we were able to get agile and scrum up and running in a few weeks.

Re: Ask HN: What does HN think of certifications like TOGAF, ITIL and CBAP?

#5

Post by toto123456 » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

byoung2 wrote: post #4

My boss was big on TOGAF and ITIL, at least the concepts behind them. He would always talk our ears off about Margaret Thatcher and the origin of ITIL. In 4 years of working for the company we never got farther than talk. Meanwhile we were able to get agile and scrum up and running in a few weeks.

haha I see. I'm a contrator in the Govmnt, they use scrum and togaf here. But yeah I guess it's a thing in big organisations. Thanks for your input.

Re: Ask HN: What does HN think of certifications like TOGAF, ITIL and CBAP?

#6

Post by toto123456 » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 2:49 AM UTC

salmonz wrote: post #2

Not that useful as there’s a shift towards agile and scrum.

That's true there is a big shift toward srum. I'm actually consulting as a PO.