Anselm Lingnau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not going to comment on this other than that I think recertification > every two years is silly. Linux moves fast but not quite *that* fast. On > the other hand, frequent recertification does generate money for the LPI, > so must be a good thing. We're beating Microsoft at their own game :^)
I'll stay out of this, too. Except to say that I have heard of people asking if they could recertify _every_ year. No comment on those people, either ;) > My question is the following: It used to be forbidden for successful > candidates to re-sit an LPI exam unless the objectives had changed in the > meantime. I can see the LPI reviewing the objectives once per exam in the > space of five years, but if you recommend that people recertify themselves at > much shorter intervals (like two years), is the ban on unmodified re-sits > going to be lifted, or are you going to commit to a two-year maximum cycle > for objective reviews for all exams? Pretty much. There are a fwe cycles here. 1. We rotate the exam content a couple of times a year. As well, there are going to be more and more 'versions' of the exam with each rotation. 2. We will be carrying out full Job Task Analysis (JTA) surveys every 5 years which will give us the information we need to completely reevaluate the job description and the objectives. NOTE: We'll be doing a full JTA for LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 in CY 2007. 3. At the mid-point between JTAs, we will be 'refreshing' the objectives. This gets us to a 2.5 year cycle on updates to the objectives. Keep in mind, though. Two years is a minimum 'recommendation' for the amount of time for someone to recertify. The true limit is the 5 year maximum. I believe that LPI's hard minimum has always been 1 year; that hasn't changed. HTH, -- g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> starnix, toronto, ontario, ca phone: 647.722.5301 x242 gpg id: EF9AAD20 http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & products _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
