Be among the first to become a Certified Analytics Professional (CAP.)
Make plans now to take the profession's first general analytics certification exam scheduled for April 7, 2013 at the INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, or October 5, 2013 at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Draft Candidate Handbook is now available and provides all the information you need to prepare.
BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION
• Advances your career potential by setting you apart from the competition• Drives personal satisfaction of accomplishing a key career milestone
• Helps improve your overall job performance by stressing continuing professional development
• Recognizes that you have invested in your analytics career by pursuing this rigorous credential
• Boosts your salary potential by being viewed as experienced analytics professional
• Shows competence in the principles and practices of analytics
• Demonstrates commitment to the field
• Proves to stakeholders that your organization follows industry-standard analytics practice
ELIGIBILITY
• BA/BS or MA/MS degree in an analytics-related educational area• At least five years of analytics work experience for BA/BS holder
• At least three years of analytics work experience for MA/MS holder
• At least seven years of analytics work experience for BA/BS (or higher) holder in an unrelated area
• Confirmation of soft skills/provision of business value by employer
GET READY TO APPLY
• Applications open in January• Prepare to apply by reviewing Candidate Handbook now
• Arrange now to secure academic transcript and confirmation of "soft skills" from employer to send to INFORMS
• Consider joining INFORMS first to qualify for member rate
COST
• $495 - individual INFORMS members(applicants must be member of INFORMS prior to application -- http://join.informs.org)
• $695 - individual non-members
• Bundled rates with INFORMS meetings and team rates are also available
DOMAINS OF ANALYTICS PRACTICE
Analytics certification exam is based on these domains of practice identified by INFORMS subject matter experts. Detailed information in Candidate Handbook.
| Domain | Description | Weight* |
|---|---|---|
| I | Business Problem (Question) Framing | 15% |
| II | Analytics Problem Framing | 17% |
| III | Data | 22% |
| IV | Methodology (Approach) Selection | 15% |
| V | Model Building | 16% |
| VI | Deployment | 9% |
| VII | Life Cycle Management | 6% |
| *Percentage of questions in exam | 100% |
QUESTIONS
See Frequently Asked Questions then contact INFORMS.CREDENTIALING TASK FORCE
Terry Harrison (Penn State)Lisa Kart (Gartner)
Bill Klimack (Chevron)
David Leonhardi (Boeing)
Jack Levis (UPS)
Vijay Mehrotra (University of San Fransisco)
Polly Mitchell-Guthrie (SAS)
Scott Nestler (Naval Postgraduate School)
Michael Rappa (NC State/Institute for Advanced Analytics)
Barry Thomas (University of Iowa)
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