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Are JMP certifications gone?

residentx10

I was looking at the certifications for JMP and they have been removed from the website. Is this a typo?

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fja

@residentx10 wrote:
I was looking at the certifications for JMP and they have been removed from the website. Is this a typo?

Hello!

Yes, they seem to be erased completely. (I am not sure what you mean by typo)

At least for the JMP Associate I know, that it was terminated as of December 31, 22 and is said to be revised. (Information from the SAS forum)

With respect to its future there was no definite answer.

Does anyone here know any details?

Cheers

FJa

mia_stephens

Hi @residentx10 ,

Yes, it is not a typo. Effective Dec 31, 2022, JMP is no longer offering certification exams (STIPS, DOE or JSL).

JMP Education will be looking into alternatives over the next year. In the future, JMP certifications will likely look more like informal badging rather than paid proctored exams. For now, an abbreviated STIPS (Statistical Thinking for Industrial Problem Solving) certification exam is available through STIPS on Coursera, and students looking for DOE or other topical certifications can use the STIPS end-of-module badging.

residentx10

You should creating more certifications. Can I still test on the old jmp versions 15 or lower? I need jmp certs. This is just horrible...

mia_stephens

Hi @residentx10,

Unfortunately, the certifications are retired, and it will not be possible to turn things back on. The JMP Education team will be researching how to best support certificates/certifications in the future.

Is there a particular topic of interest? We do offer a STIPS certificate through the Coursera course, as indicated above. And, in the STIPS course, which covers several topics, there are end-of-module quizzes that allow you to earn badges. These badges can be posted on social media or shared with your organization.

fja

Hello Mia!

Thank you very much for answering yourself (being the principal product manager) and shedding some light on this issue.

This is sad news for most of us because badges do not have the same reputation as certificates based on proctored exams in the market. ... and what counts even more, the reputation of a software package is linked to exams accompanying it. They are lighthouses on the learner's path ...

So I doubt that neither users nor the market will perceive a badge system as an alternative.

--fja

mia_stephens

Hi @fja,

I totally understand. When we set out to develop the certifications, there was a lot of excitement and interest, and we were convinced that there would be a strong demand for JMP-based certifications. The reality was that only an extremely small percentage of JMP users actually took the certification exams in the 5 years since they've been available (mostly through JMP-hosted events), and maintenance and proctoring of the exams was a challenge. The decision to discontinue the exams came with the release of JMP 17 and the corresponding update of STIPS.

We have found that the badging provided with STIPS is very popular, and many organizations and universities are using the badging in their learning management systems. However, we've noted concerns expressed here and will take this under consideration as we evaluate alternatives in the coming year.

Warm regards,

Mia

residentx10

A Jmp badge is better than Coursera! If you redesign the tests, I want a different format and I’ll make my case here when I’m Not on phone.