50 Years of Professional Certification

Joe Albers, CCP, CBIP, CDMP has written an excellent article about the history of certification and the ICCP.  This article was posted on the AITP website, and and abbreviated version is included below as a guest post for this blog.  The ICCP has come a long way in 50 years!

Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) Emerged 50 Years Ago
By Joseph Albers, CCP, CBIP, CDMP
Chair of the IT Credentialing & Certification Committee

September 2012 is the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) certification by the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), formerly known as the National Machine Accountants Association (NMAA) and the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA).

The first CDP examination was given at New York University in June 1962 where 235 of the 340 candidates passed. The first certificate, 620001, was awarded to George W. Abbott, FLMI, CPA, CDP on September 4, 1962 and was later presented to the Smithsonian Institution in October 1977.

In August 1973 the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA) became one of the founding constituent members of the Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP), which expanded the goals of the certification along with other Data Processing related societies.

The CDP, along with Certificate in Computing Programming (CCP) and the Certificate in Systems Programming (CSP), were converted to the current Certified Computing Professional (CCP) certification in 1994, at which point 33,972 CCP certificates were issued.

The ICCP continues to be active in providing the standard in certification for business intelligence, data management and computing, with over 98,750 certificates issued in the past thirty-nine years.

AITP continues its involvement as a constituent member of the ICCP, appointing two directors, Bill Fly, CCP (ICCP President and AITP President-Elect) and Joseph Albers, CCP, CDMP, CBIP (ICCP Secretary and AITP Chair of the IT Credentialing & Certification committee), who serve on ICCP’s Board of Directors.

Want to learn more about the beginning of the CDP and ICCP? Read the Data Management September 1982 article “CDP – 20 Years of Certification; Portrait of a Profession”

Another Successful Bootcamp in Seattle, 14 earn CDMP

DAMA Puget Sound Chapter held a summer CDMP Exam Prep Bootcamp on July 13-14 at the Best Western Executive Inn in downtown Seattle.

There were 14 attendees, one of the largest classes held in Seattle. Two attendees even made the trek down from Vancouver, BC to get certified! Others are currently employed by local organizations such as Premera, Costco, Expediters, Group Health, Microsoft and Russell Investments.  Amidst a Seattle-style thunder storm on Friday, the class forged ahead to complete the IS Core and the Data Management Core exams on Day One.  With two out of three exams under their belt, Day Two was a lot less stressful for most.  By the end of Day Two, an amazing 100% of the class had successfully completed all exams and achieved the CDMP credential!

Congratulations to the following new Certified Data Management Professionals:


Bryan Coker
David Morgan
Matthew Jones
Robert Stockton
Jean Hillel Jr.
Ted Schill
Frank Hemingway
Michael R. Davis
Wendell Skar
Stacie Benton
Pamela Owens
Jo Napier
Chan Beauvais (not pictured)
Mary DeMange (not pictured)

New Speciality Exam for CDMP: Data Integration and Interoperability

ICCP has added a new specialty exam,  Data Integration and Interoperability, which will apply toward the Certified Data Management Professional and Certified Business Intelligence Professional certification programs. It was a tremendous effort on the part of a dedicated team of industry professional to create this exam in 4 months.

ICCP's process is to encourage existing CBIP, CDMP and CCP holders to take the examination in Beta for free (to gather the needed data on effectiveness of the exam questions.)  Later if beta exam takers wish to convert it to a final (adjusted) score toward certification, or for their ongoing recertification education and renewal, they will be charged a discounted fee of $195.

The beta exams are typically available to DAMA and TDWI chapters for a limited time.  Here's the current timing schedule that the ICCP Certification Council  is working towards.

Beta Period:
Start - July 9
End - Oct 31
Review by  - Nov 30
Final adjusted scores by - Dec 15

Please contact the ICCP office at office2@iccp.org for more information about how this exam will apply toward a specific certification, or how you can arrange to take a beta exam.

Six new CDMPs in DAMA UK!

Hard at work on exams in sunny Bath, UK

Chris Bradley of DAMA UK led a CDMP Bootcamp in May, 2012.  Six students successfully achieved CDMP certification.

May 2012 Class

Congratulations to six new Certified Data Management Professionals (pictured on the right)!

• Oliver Jarrett
• Joshua Rapp
• Susan Attwood
• Beth McNally
• Alastair Campbell
• Nic Paul.

Enterprise Data World 2012

CNN Building and the Omni Hotel

Every year the CDMP sessions get bigger at Enterprise Data World!  This year's EDW enjoyed southern hospitality at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, right next to the CNN Tower.  Four exam sessions were held at the conference, and the room was packed.

Congratulations to the following people who earned the Certified Data Management Professional credential at EDW 2012!

• Leslie Zimmerschied
• Samantha Daugherty
• Robert McGia
• Kristanne Cornell
• Carol Hayes
• Eulene Niles
• Mark Walker
• Bryan Lari
• Lisa Nelson
• Cathleen Manke
• Tonmoy Dasgupta
• Christina Lew
• William Carroll
• Greg Wright
• Jill Camper
• Lori Russell
• James H. Baker
• Rick Ruder
• Dagna Gaythorpe 
• Sandra Rodgers
• Dorothy Faha

San Francisco Exam Session, March 12, 2012

San Francisco DAMA is pleased to announce we are again hosting CDMP exams.  The event will take place in downtown San Francisco on March 12, 2012. 

You do not have to be a member of SF DAMA to take these exams.

SF DAMA is pleased to announce

* Certified Data Management Professional

Summary Information:

Date:	Monday March 12, 2012
Time:	9:00 AM to Noon and 1:PM to 4:00 PM
Where:	GID Conference Room @ the Gap, Inc. 2 Folsom (3rd Floor) San Francisco, CA
CDMP Information:	CDMP Overview
CDMP Brochure:	Brochure
Exam Proctor:	Dan Weller, CDMP
Register or Questions:	Click Here

Please note that these are CDMP exams only.  We will not have the tests for other ICCP certifications.

We are asking all candidates to register for the exams via the link above.
 

Some technical requirements:

• Each exam taker must bring a laptop because the exams run off a USB drive.
• The exam software runs on all Windows platforms. It is best to use a Windows laptop rather than another laptop platform, but we have been able to use Apple Macs running a Windows OS. 
• Make sure that you bring your AC power supply.

Some other notes:

• You are on your own for meals and snacks.
• You do not have to be in attendance at the start of each testing period.  But, since each 110-question test must be completed in a 90 minute period, you should start all tests no later than 90 minutes before the end of a testing period (before 10:30 AM or before 2:30 PM).
• ICCP has requested that you also fill out a small paper registration form that shows the test(s) that you take and the scores.  This provides double check to ensure that all USB drives are processed.

Note, this is an exam event only.  There will be no overview, review, or practice of the exams.