I am considering pursuing the ASQ CQM certification BUT I would love to hear some feedback from those who have attained certification, those who are currently working towards it, or those who started but decided not to pursue. Any horror stories? Has it helped you in your career or in you daily work efforts?
I am slightly intimidated by the process for two reasons. First, from what I have seen the testing is based on knowledge already accrued during one’s working career in quality. It is not a traditional school setting with classes and exams given at the end of the education course. Second, I recently tried taking both the sample CQM and CQT tests (just to see the difference) online and I really did poorly on them, racking up a score around 67%. I must admit that while I am currently a Quality Manager by title, I work in a company where quality requirements and methods are extremely watered down. All the methodologies that are tested on the exam are foreign to me and the use of such concepts within this company would be considered voodoo.
The reason I am looking into certification is to jump-start a dead career in a stagnant company. (No offense to all those quality professionals out there but I’m a Electronic Technician and Computer Science major who was shoe-horned into a Quality Manager position.) I have had a few people say that I do a good job in my quality position so I guess I’m not totally clueless.
I really respect the knowledge base that the Cove forum supports so let me have it people.
I am slightly intimidated by the process for two reasons. First, from what I have seen the testing is based on knowledge already accrued during one’s working career in quality. It is not a traditional school setting with classes and exams given at the end of the education course. Second, I recently tried taking both the sample CQM and CQT tests (just to see the difference) online and I really did poorly on them, racking up a score around 67%. I must admit that while I am currently a Quality Manager by title, I work in a company where quality requirements and methods are extremely watered down. All the methodologies that are tested on the exam are foreign to me and the use of such concepts within this company would be considered voodoo.
The reason I am looking into certification is to jump-start a dead career in a stagnant company. (No offense to all those quality professionals out there but I’m a Electronic Technician and Computer Science major who was shoe-horned into a Quality Manager position.) I have had a few people say that I do a good job in my quality position so I guess I’m not totally clueless.
I really respect the knowledge base that the Cove forum supports so let me have it people.