Plan to Get Certified at Enterprise Data World!

A CDMP Exam Prep session will be held again on Sunday, 3/14 at the Enterprise Data World Conference in San Francisco, and times will be available to take exams throughout the conference. See the conference agenda at http://edw2010.wilshireconferences.com/agenda.cfm. If you are thinking about certification, this is a good time to take the exams. There will be discounts on the ICCP exams during the conference.

Have you registered for EDW10 yet? Register with the discount code of EDW10SPKR for a $100 discount off registration before February 26. This discount can also be used with the Early Bird discount if you register before February 5th, and save even more if you register 2 or more from the same company. See the registration options at the conference website.

How can you start preparing to take exams at the conference? Contact the ICCP at office@iccp.org to order study materials now. Decide what exams you want to take, and start practicing with the sample exams, or find a study buddy and work on them together! If there are several people in your local DAMA chapter that will be attending the conference, consider forming a study group or sponsor a Beta Exam Session at a chapter meeting and get a feel for taking the exams for free.

See you at EDW10 in March!

CDMP Exam Session on 2/20/10 in Toronto

FYI. The new beta exams, and others, will be given in Toronto on February 20th. Interested parties can contact office@iccp.org for more information.

New Data Management Core Exam now in Beta

Eight attendees of the San Francisco Chapter's DAMA Day on December 16, 2009 were the first to volunteer to take the new Data Management Core exam (DM Core). Beta exams are newly created or revised exams that are being "tested" on volunteer exam takers to assure that the questions are relevant, current and correct. All new exams go through a beta period and the performance of each question on the exam is scrupulously reviewed by the exam development team prior to putting the exam into "production." Exams in beta testing can be taken for FREE, and a passing score can be applied toward the CDMP requirements for a reduced fee or can be used for recertification credit.

In an effort to better align the CDMP exams with The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge, several exams are being updated, revised or rewritten. This is exciting news for those seeking the CDMP credential because the DAMA Guide is quickly becoming a definitive resource for CDMP exam preparation. It not only provides foundation knowledge, but also provides lists of references to authoritative sources for deeper study in each of the data management functional areas.

There will be a few new exams in beta testing during in coming months: The DM Core and Data Development. The Data Warehousing exam is also being updated. The DM Core is a "breadth" exam, covering a broad overview of the profession by addressing all of the topics covered in chapters of the DAMA-DMBOK. The new DM Core exam was created to replace the Data Management exam.

Contact the ICCP at office@iccp.org if you are interested in taking a beta exam or if your DAMA Chapter or organization would like to host an exam session to administer beta exam(s).

Online Book Review: The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge

Check out a great review of the DAMA-DMBOK at information-management.com. David Haertzen provides a nice chapter by chapter synopsis and a glowing recommendation for the book.

The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge is now being used as an authoritative source for CDMP exams, as they are being revised to align with the DAMA-DMBOK Framework.