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by the
Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
Incorporated not-for-profit, in the State of Delaware
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expressed permission of the ICCP.
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“Certification, in itself,
is not a goal, but
Professionalism is.”
Dr. Paul M. Pair
Fellow of the ICCP, 1982
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What is the ICCP?
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The Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP) established in 1973 by the major professional
associations in North America to provide centralized exam development and testing for the Information and
Communications Technology industry.
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ICCP certificate holders have to exhibit comprehension and knowledge of stringent industry fundamentals, not single
product specifics.
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The ICCP is an independent certification organization that offers five (experience based, professional level) professional
credentials, the
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Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP),
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Certified Computing Professional – (CCP),
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Certified Data Management Professional – (CDMP),
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Certified IT Consultant – (CITC)
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Certified IT Compliance Professional - (CITCP)
and three (entry level); the
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Associate Computing Professional-ACP;
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Information Systems Analyst (ISA) for graduates of 4 year university programs
At any time any person can take “Expert – Mastery proficiency” level credentials in specialized subject areas as well as
programming languages. You need to pass one (1) exam in the specialized area that you are seeking acknowledgement of
your expert skill level by passing with a score of 70% or more.
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Forces Driving Growth in IT
Professional Certification
Adapted from “The Complete Guide to Certification for Computing Professionals”
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Reasons for Seeking
Certification
Other 3.6%
Attain Access to
Vendor Support 1.8%
Increase
Compensation 2.4%
Assess Current
Expertise 3.1%
Improve Job Security
4.8%
Job Requirement
8.0%
Secure Employment
8.1%
Prepare for New Job
9.4%
Advancement in
Current Job 17.2%
Advancement in
Profession 41.7%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
Source: ICCP Research Study (Athabasca University)
40.0%
50.0%
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Primary Achievement
Resulting from Certification
"Increase in
Salary"
11%
"Solve Problems
Quicker"
19%
"Greater SelfEsteem"
22%
"More Credibility
within
Organization"
24%
"More Credibility
with Customers"
24%
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Why People Certify
Other
11.4%
Credential
37.3%
Company
Requirement
0.4%
Financial Reward
0.4%
Self-Evaluation
5.1%
Professional Growth
45.3%
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Educational Level
Bachelor's
Degree
46%
Doctoral
Degree
1%
Jr. College
Graduate
11%
High School
Graduate
4%
Some High
School
1%
Masters Degree
13%
Some College
22%
Other
2%
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Degree of Majors
Statistics
7%
Science
9%
Accounting
5%
Other
4%
Engineering
4%
Information Science
13%
Mathematics
4%
Education
1%
Business
13%
Liberal Arts
5%
MIS/BIS
4%
Communications
7%
Computer Science
24%
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Company Participants
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US Department of State
US CyberCrime Center
Dell
Eastman Kodak Company
American Airlines
Microsoft
Manitoba Lotteries
Commission
State Farm Insurance
IBM
Ford
Ohio Board of Education
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Telus
Alberta Blue Cross
Infosys
Alcan Aluminum
R.L. Polk
3M
Fujitsu Consulting
AMOCO
Apple
AT& T
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Who takes ICCP Exams?
By Job Function
Consultant
Computer Specialist
Computer and Information Scientist, Research
6%
4% 1% 5%
Computer Programmer
6%
Computer Softw are Engineer, Applications
2%
Computer Softw are Engineer, System Softw are
6%
Computer Softw are Specialist
15%
6%
Computer Systems Analyst
Database Administrator
12%
1%
Netw ork and Computer Systems Administrator
3%
Netw ork Systems and Data Communications Analyst
CIO,CTO, VP, Director
14%
MIS Manager
Project Manager
3%
13%
1%
1%
Non IT: Executive / Corporate
Non IT: Financial
Non IT: Manufacturing / Operations
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Who takes ICCP Exams?
Company Size
20.1%
Less than 50
employees
20.5%
2.2%
9.0%
8.3%
39.9%
50 to 99 employees
100 to 499 employees
500 to 999 employees
1,000 to 4999
employees
More than 5000
employees
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Who takes ICCP Exams?
(5%) Business Services / Consulting/ Ecommerce/Internet/ Computer Services
By Industry
2%
(15%) Computer / Netw ork Consulting/ Communications Carriers
4%
5%
(3%) Computer Related Retailer / Wholesaler / distributer/Service Provider
1%
15%
10%
(1.7%) Construction / Architecture / Engineering /Mining Oil & Gas/ Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing
(12%) Education
7%
3%
1.7%
(7%) Finance / Banking / Accounting
(14%) Government: Federal, State, Local
(4%) Health / Medical / Dental Services
7%
(9%) Insurance / Real Estate / Legal Services
12%
(7%) IT General & Data Processing Services
(7%) Manufacturing of Computer Hardw are or Softw are, VAR, VAD, Systems Integrator
9%
7%
4%
14%
(10%) Manufacturing Process Industries
(1%) Publishing/Broadcast/Advertising/PublicRelations/Marketing/Travel/Recreation
(2%) Research / Development Lab/ Aerospace
(4%) Transportation / Utilities
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AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION
(ACE)
ACE awards college credits
for passing the ICCP Examinations
For example:
9 university course credits for the Core IT Skills Examination
3 university course credits for most of the specialty examinations
4 university course credits for Microcomputers and Networking
4 university course credits for Procedural (Advanced) Programming
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ICCP Constituent Societies
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ACM
AITP
Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Information Technology
Professionals
AWC
Association for Women In Computing
CIPS
Canadian Information Processing Society
DAMA
DAMA the Data Management Association
ICCA
Independent Computer Consultants
Association
CPCI
Consejo Profesional en Ciencias
Informaticas
(Professional Council in Computer science Sciences) Argentina
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ICCP Affiliate Societies &
Business Partners
Affiliates
 China & Hong Kong (2)
 Ghana
 India
 Nigeria
 Pakistan
 Peru
 Sultanate of Oman
 USA (9)
Business Partners
 ACBSP
 BPM Institute
 DAMA International
 DANTES (US Armed Forces)
 Excelsior College
 IBM
 SOA Institute
 SOX Institute (ITGG)
 TDWI
ICCP Certification Today
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ICCP (and partner) Designations
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– Professional Level
CCP – Certified Computing Professional
CBIP – Certified Business Intelligence Professional (TDWI)
CDMP - Certified Data Management Professional (DAMA)
I.S.P. – Information Systems Professional of Canada (CIPS)
CITC – Certified IT Consultant (ICCA)
CITCP - Certified IT Compliance Professional (SOX Institute – IT Governance Group)
CITGP – Certified IT Governance Professional (SOX Institute – IT Governance Group)
– Associate Skills
ACP – Associate Computing Professional (New IT Entrants)
ISA – Information Systems Analyst - Graduating Students – (Center for Computing Education Research)
Original credentials offered by the ICCP
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CDP – Certified Data Processor
CSP – Certified Systems Professional
CCP – Certified Computer Programmer
CDP (developed in 1964) was originally given to the ICCP by the Data
Processing Management Association (DPMA) now known as the
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
CSP was originally given to the ICCP to manage by the Association of
Systems Management (ASM)
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Certified Computing Professional (CCP)
CORE EXAMINATION
(All Candidates)
Plus any 2 Specialty examinations => 70%
or one Specialty can be replaced by two Programming Languages
I.T. Management
Procedural (Advanced)
Programming
Business Information
Systems
Software
Engineering
Data Warehousing
Business Process
Management
Integrated IT Project
Management
Microcomputing & Networks
Data Management
Systems Development
Internetworking & Data
Communications
Systems
Programming
Object Oriented
Analysis & Design
Office Information
Systems
Systems
Security
Information Systems
Analyst (IS Model
Curriculum)
IT Compliance
Web Development
CCP CERTIFICATION
Data Base
Administration
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Information Systems Professional
(I.S.P.) - Certification
Examination Route – Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
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First complete and pass three ICCP Examinations (Core plus 2
Specialties at 70% or higher level)
Then complete the I.S.P. Application form and submit to CIPS
(www.cips.ca )
Choose this route if you:
– have passed either the Institute for Certification of Computer
Professional (ICCP) exams leading to the Certified Computing
Professional (CCP) or equivalent (CBIP, CDMP) at ExpertMastery Level or the British Computer Society (BCS) Diploma or
Professional Graduate exams.
– Note: Applicants also require a certain number of years of professional
experience (typically five).
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Certified Business Intelligence Professional
(CBIP)
Leadership Management
Busines
s
Analyst
Data
Analysis
&
Design
Data
Integrator
Administration
& Technology
Core I.T. Skills
X
X
X
X
X
Data Warehousing
X
X
X
X
X
Business Information
Systems
X
Data Management
I.T. Management
Systems Development
X
X
X
Systems Security
X*
Database
Administration
X*
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Certified Business Intelligence Professional
(CBIP) – Infosys Requirements - Technical Architects
Leadership Management
Busines
s
Analyst
Data
Analysis
&
Design
Data
Integrator
Administration
& Technology
Core I.T. Skills
X
X
X
X
X
Data Warehousing
X
X
X
X
X
Business Information
Systems
X
Data Management
I.T. Management
X
X
Systems Development
X
Systems Security
X*
Database
Administration
X*
BI/DW Architect: Minimum Certification - at least ONE of
these 3 tracks; and One Track must at Mastery performance
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Certified Data Management Professional
(CDMP)
Management
Architecture
Data
Analysis
&
Design
Database
Administration
Data
Warehousing
Core I.T. Skills
X
X
X
X
X
Data Management /
Database
Administration
X
X
X*
X
X*
X*
X
X*
X*
X*
X*
X*
X
Data Warehousing
Integrated IT Project
Management
X*
X*
I.T. Management
X*
X*
Systems Development
X*
X*
Systems Security
Object Oriented
Analysis & Design
X* indicates choice – other career options include
Meta Data Repository Management
X*
X*
X*
Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP
– INFOSYS Requirements – Senior Technical Architects
Management
Architecture
Data
Analysis
&
Design
Database
Administration
Data
Warehousing
Core I.T. Skills
X
X
X
X
X
Data Management /
Database
Administration
X
X
X*
X
X*
X*
X
X*
X*
X*
X*
X*
X
Data Warehousing
Integrated IT Project
Management
X*
X*
I.T. Management
X*
X*
Systems Development
X*
X*
Systems Security
Object Oriented
Analysis & Design
X*
X*
X*
DBA-DA background: Minimum Certification in at least
THREE tracks; with One track Mastery performance => 70%
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Certified IT Consultant (CITC)
CORE EXAMINATION
+
IT Consultant Examination
Any One Specialty or 2 Language examinations passed at the minimum 70% pass
requirement
Any Specialty Exam
JAVA
Visual Basic
COBOL
C Language
C++
CITC CERTIFICATION
Note: Associate level is automatically awarded once
the CORE is passed at 50% or higher plus the IT
consulting examination has been passed at the 70%
level.
IT Governance Group – Governance, Risk, Compliance * GRC Institute
Certified in IT Compliance Professional Level (CITCP)
Note: Mandatory Training is required at the SOX Institute - ITGG GRC Institute, before a person can take the ICCP examination
IT Compliance Examination (ICCP)
Plus
ITIL Foundation Exam (EXIN)
Plus
COBIT Foundation Exam (ISACA)
CITCP CERTIFICATION
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Associate Computing Professional
(ACP)
CORE EXAMINATION
Any One Specialty or Language examination passed at the minimum 50% pass
requirement
Any Specialty Exam
JAVA
Visual Basic
COBOL
C Language
C++
ACP CERTIFICATION
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Individual
Expert – Mastery Certificates
Earned by Passing Specialty and Language Exams at the 70% or more
level
Business Information Systems
Data Warehousing
I.T. Management
Microcomputing & Networks
Procedural (Advanced)
Programming
Web Development
Software Engineering
Object Oriented Analysis
& Design
Internetworking and
Communications
Systems Programming
Systems Development
Office Information
Systems
Systems Security
Business Intelligence
Analytics
Java
COBOL
Visual Basic
C Language
C++
Data Management
Database Administration
Data & Information
Quality (Released)
Business Process
Management (Released)
Integrated IT Project
Management
IT Compliance
(Released)
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New Examinations/Credentials
under development
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IT Consultant Examination – Independent Computer Consultants
Association – (ICCA) – Exam released 2007
IT Compliance (SOX Institute & IT Governance Group) Exam Released 4th
quarter 2007
Business Intelligence & Analytics Examination (DAMA, TDWI) –Exam
released 2007
Data & Information Quality Examination-(with MIT & Berkley-Richard
Wang, author Larry English, Pat Cupoli (DAMA), Dave Wells (TDWI) – Beta
release - first quarter 2008
Business Process Management (BPM Institute) – Beta release 2nd Qtr - 2008
Enterprise Architect – framing Body of Knowledge – Subject Outline - John
Zachman, DAMA & AITP – Beta Release 4th Quarter 2008
IT Governance (SOX Institute & IT Governance Group) Beta Release 4th
quarter 2008
Solutions Architect Certification and/or Examination (INFOSYS, DAMA,
& BPM Institute) – TBD
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Career Planning & Professional Development
Employee Skills, Performance Gap Analysis & Recommended Study
Dear Exam Taker:
You have achieved an ACP credential with specialty examinations in Data Base Administration and Systems Development.
In order to achieve the CCP level, you need to improve your scores in each of your specialty examinations to 70% or higher.
Your total scores were:
a. CORE IT SKILLS
b. Data Base Administration
c. Systems Development
77 (CCP Level)
56 (ACP Level)
64 (ACP Level)
Your strengths are shown on each of the examinations in detail on the following pages. The areas where additional
review/study work is required are identified below.
Criteria: Any item scoring less than 70% has been identified as an area of review and/or continuing professional
development (PD) and this can now be used by you to build/negotiate your PD plan (next page)
Courses can be taken at a local university, other regional colleges and Universities as suggested below.
Recommended study:
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Database Administrations: Self Study or University of NearestU; Community or Technical College; Athabasca
University (Online); ICCP Online or Excelsior College (online)
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Systems Development: Self study or ICCP Online Systems Development course; University of NearestU ;
Athabasca University (MSc. Program) online; Community or Techncial College. It is recommended that you take
some self study modules, then prepare for and retake this examination.
Recommended Textbooks: Data Base Administration (Craig Mullens or Michael Mannino); Systems Development
(Charles Wasson or Shelley or Whitten or Kendall) – available from most online bookstores (Amazon, Chapters,
etc.)
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Career Planning & Professional Development
Employee Skills and Performance Gap Analysis
ICCP Official Performance Profile
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TEST DATE:
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20/8/2007
Test taker ID
First Name, Last Name
Address 1
Address 2, Province/State, Postcode/ZIP
Country
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YOUR
CONTENT
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
2.01
2.02
3.01
3.02
4.01
4.02
4.03
5.01
5.02
6.01
6.02
6.03
6.04
6.05
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TOTALS
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DESCRIPTION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
TYPES OF SYSTEMS
APPLICATION STRATEGIES
DATA ARCHITECTURES
DATA MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CYCLE
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
HARDWARE
SOFTWARE
FINANCIAL MGMNT & ANALYSIS
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
SYSTEMS AUDITING
MATHEMATICS
STATISTICS
Seeking ACP Designation
CORE IT Skills Exam
Status: PASS at CCP Level
SCORE
6
4
2
2
2
6
5
5
8
10
3
2
6
7
1
1
2
3
2
NUMBER
OF ITEMS
6
5
3
3
2
6
6
9
9
12
4
5
8
8
3
2
3
3
3
77
100
Criteria: Any item scoring less than 70% has been identified as an area of review and/or continuing professional
development (PD) and this can now be used by you to build/negotiate your PD plan.
Recertification
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Recertification
Goals
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Maintain professional competence
Update existing knowledge and skills
Attain new or additional knowledge and skills
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Recertification
Guidelines
 CBIP,
CCP, CDMP
– Earn 120 approved contact hours of education
over 3-year period (maintained on the ICCP transcript system)
– Pay $75 per year maintenance fee
 ACP, ISA
– Earn 60 approved contact hours of education
over 3-year period (maintained on the ICCP transcript system)
– Pay $35 per year maintenance fee
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Types of Activity & Education
satisfying recertification requirements
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Formal educational institutions
Independent organized programs (other professional
credentials - max: 40 hrs/per different credential achieved)
Professional society meetings, seminars, conferences
Write ICCP examination questions
Articles, teaching, lecturing (max: 60hrs)
Self-study programs (max: 60hrs)
Sit for same or other ICCP examinations
Exam Administration
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ICCP Examination Procedures
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1. Submit application and fees for computer-based exam
2. Receive eligibility and admission information
3. Contact ICCP to schedule examination time
– world-wide testing available with an exam proctor
– remote proctored testing available using webconferencing (requires a web camera and reliably fast
internet access)
4. Results are received immediately upon completion of
exam. (knowledge gap analysis of strengths and
weaknesses, an official performance profile, is mailed to
the exam taker).
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Examination Fees
(discounted fees available at various conferences or colleges)
CBIP, CCP, CDMP Examinations
Core Examination
First Specialty
Second Specialty
Total
$250
$250
$250
USD $750
ACP Examinations
Core Examination
Language Examination
Total
All fees are non-refundable
$250
$ 145
USD $395
Candidates may re-schedule within 48 hours of an exam date, additional costs may apply
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CD Based - Self Study
or
Online – 12 Week Courses
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Information Systems Core
Systems Development
courses NOW available online through the ICCP office.
Data Management will be available – Mid year 2008
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Please contact office@iccp.org to register or use 1-800-8438227 to call the office register and pay for the course.
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Fees: (self study packages are cheaper – contact the ICCP office)
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US$595 for 12 week tutor supported course
US$695 for 12 week tutor supported course includes one
examination (savings of $150).
Equivalency for a 3 credit university course
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