Certification Programs

The Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) is offered by the ICCP and DAMA International www.dama.org. This course prepares individuals to take the CDMP examinations. By attending this review session you can improve your likelihood of passing at the Expert/Mastery level by 30%. The CDMP at the Expert/Mastery level can also be used to qualify for the I.S.P. www.cips.ca and also for the CBIP www.tdwi.org.

DAMA CHAPTERS MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT    * FREE BETA CDMP DATA OPERATIONS EXAM *

We now have the Data Operations beta exam for DAMA members to take for free until September 30, 2010. This new exam is aligned with the DAMA-DMBOK.

If you like your score, you can convert this exam towards the CDMP at a cost of $195 per exam. (You can also use these exams for conversion ($195 each) to recertification / professional development credits, if you already have a CDMP. For example, if you score 70% or higher on a beta exam, you have the equivalent of 60 recertification / professional development credits (you need 120 credits over 3 years). A score of 60 – 69% earns 30 recertification credits; a score of 50 – 59% earns 20 credits and less than 50% earns no credit.

There are new CDMP exam requirements in 2010: IS Core (mandatory), Data Management Core (mandatory) and one data exam of your choice, e.g. Data Development, Data Operations and Security, Data and Information Quality, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Analytics, or Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework2.

NOTE: The IS Core, Data and Information Quality, Business Intelligence and Analytics, and Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework2 exams are offered at the regular exam price of $285 each.

The DAMA / ICCP exam development teams have been diligently at work developing these exams since the DAMA-DMBOK came out in April 2009. A big ‘thank you’ goes out to the following Data Warehousing exam team members: Francine Adams, Pat Cupoli, Kewal Dhariwal, Mahesh Harvu, Deborah Henderson, Loretta Smith, George Swan, and John Whitehouse.

Chapter guidelines for sponsoring the beta exams:

1. One designated individual must be the volunteer exam coordinator and proctor for the beta exams at the DAMA Chapter meeting. Proctors must be qualified and acceptable to the ICCP and sign a proctor confidentiality agreement.
2. Determine when and where to hold the exam session. Some chapters will host exams as part of the chapter’s meeting. Others hold sessions at night or on Saturdays.
3. A classroom arrangement (tables and chairs) is best with sufficient electrical outlets as the participants will be using their laptops to run the exams.
4. The exam coordinator must contact the ICCP office ahead of the exam session to order a number of beta exams to be given. ICCP contact information: office@iccp.org, 1-800-843-8227, or 847-299-4227.
5. Let the ICCP office know if other CDMP exams will be given at the exam session. Cost is $285 USD per exam. Payment information must be collected by the exam coordinator / proctor.
6. Note: there is no profit-sharing arrangement for beta exams. The profit-sharing arrangement between DAMA Chapters and ICCP applies to paid exams only.

• Each exam taker must bring a laptop as an exam runs off a USB drive.
• Each exam contains 100 multiple choice questions plus 10 extra beta questions to be completed in 90 minutes.
• If you pass the exam and want to apply it towards the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) designation, there will be a conversion charge of $195 USD (the regular exam price is $285 USD) payable to the ICCP.
• The beta test is FREE. You will have to fill out an application, but no payment is expected unless you are taking other exams, applying this exam towards the CDMP, or applying this exam towards recertification credit.