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Business Data Management Professional

About the Certification

The BDMP is a business focused credential the the for Business Data Management Professionals. The ICCP examinations are kept fresh with current subject matter experts including authors, professors, and leading practitioners in industry.

The CDP, BDMP and Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) uses broad and current industry scenario questions to evaluate professional competency and currency of knowledge - a comprehensive 3 exam requirement. You know you are getting an expert after an ICCP evaluation and certification.

​Business Data Professionals such as business data stewards may specialize and certify in many of the following areas. Choose the specialization suited to your experience and career goals.

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  • Modules:

    1. Information Systems, Role, Standards, Business Drivers, Strategies

    2. Enterprise Architecture

    3. Hardware Software and Network Infrastructure

    4. Internet and WWW

    5. e-Commerce

    6. Project Management

    7. Systems Development

    8. Application and System Types

    9. Data Management

    10. Data Modeling

    11. Decision Support and Business Intelligence

    12. Ethics, Privacy and Security
       

    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Business Systems

    2. Management Systems

    3. Planning & Exploration (Customer and Performance Metrics) 

    4. Administration and Decision Making

    5. Control & Coordination

    6. Business Information Systems (IS) and Technology (IT)

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Big Data Terminology

    2. Big Data Characteristics, Tools & Use Cases

    3. Big Data Challenges

    4. Big DataProcess

    5. Latest Trends in Big Data Analytics & Architecture

    6. Big Data Tools & Frameworks

    7. Big Data Platform

    8. Big Data Governance

    9. Test Data Management Tools and Working Architecture

    10. The Evolution of Data Governance

    11. Big Data Implementation Strategies (Iaas, Paas, SaaS)

    12. Big Data: Who manages what?

    13. Big Data Use Cases in Healthcare, Retail, and Manufacturing

    14. Big Data Security Management

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. BI Concepts

    2. BI Current State Considerations

    3. Infrastructures and Tool Functional Areas

    4. BI and Data Management

    5. BI and Organizational Roles

    6. Corporate Performance Management

    7. Inputs for Decision Making

    8. Analytics Techniques

    9. BI Justification

    10. Evaluation and Selection of a BI Platform and Tool

    11. BI Solution Lifecycle

    12. Additional areas for BI Consideration

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Blockchain Introduction

    2. Blockchain Concepts

    3. Blockchain Components

    4. Blocks

    5. Forks & Consensus

    6. Consensus Proofs

    7. Cryptography

    8. Digital Signatures

    9. Smart Contracts

    10. Ethereum

    11. Tokens and D'Apps

    12. Future of Blockchain

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    Pre-requisites:

    Working knowledge of internet, networking & programming knowledge.

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    • Data Management Process

    • Data Governance Function

    • Data Architecture Management Function

    • Data Development Function

    • Data Operations Management Function

    • Data Security Function

    • Reference and Master Data Management Function

    • Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Management Function

    • Document and Content Management Function

    • Meta-Data Management Function

    • Data Quality Management Function

    • Professional Development

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Introduction to data foundations

    2. Database Development

    3. Introduction to Data Foundations II

    4. Introduction to Data Foundations II Cont'd.

    5. Data Administration

    6. Data Administration Cont'd.

    7. Database and Repository Management

    8. Data Management Environment

    9. to 12. Database Management Environment Cont'd.

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Data Governance and Stewardship Core Concepts

    2. Data Governance Program Overview

    3. Data Governance Program Business Case

    4. Data Governance Deployment Methodology: Part I

    5. Data Governance Program Deployment Methodology: Part II

    6. Data Stewardship Role Types, Basic Duties, Artifacts, and Tools

    7. Data Stewardship Activities: Data Architecture Focus and Data Development Focus

    8. Data Stewardship Activities: Data Operations Focus and Data Security Focus

    9. Data Stewardship Activities: Data Integration and Interoperability Focus, and Document and Content Focus

    10. Data Stewardship Activities: Reference and Master Data Management Focus and Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence Focus

    11. Data Stewardship Activities; Metadata and Data Quality Focus

    12. Additional Data Governance and Stewardship Considerations

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. DIQ Issues, Definitions and Importance

    2. Quality approaches and relationships to information

    3. Data Quality Frameworks: Methodology, Maturity Models, QM Awards

    4. Assessment: Data Definition and Information Architecture Quality

    5. Assessment DIQ

    6. Measurement Poor Quality Information Costs

    7. Information Improvement: Data Cleansing

    8. Information Process Improvement: data defect prevention

    9. DIQ Tools & Techniques

    10. DG Governance Function & Stewardship

    11. Implementation: DIQ Environment

    12. DIQ - Sustainment, Monitoring, Metrics Reporting

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Data Development Concepts and Technology Types

    2. Data Analysis and Design

    3. Related Data Designs

    4. Data Model and Design Quality Management

    5. Data Implementation

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. The Business Question-Problem in need of solving

    2. Big Data Sources and Technologies 

    3. Mathematics and Statistical Data Science

    4. Programming Skills

    5. The Data Analytic Question and types of Data and Reporting

    6. Tidying the Data - Data cleaning and quality

    7. Exploratory Analysis

    8. Statistical Modeling and inference

    9. Prediction and Machine Learning

    10. Causality and average effects between noisy variables

    11. Written Analysis

    12. Reproducibility

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Data Warehousing (DW) and Business Intelligence (BI) Concepts

    2. DW and BI Use

    3. DW Management

    4. DW Roles

    5. DW Architectures

    6. DW & BI tech. architecture

    7. DW Analysis

    8. DW Modeling & Design

    9. Data Management Process Relationship

    10. DW Development

    11. BI Application Development Activities

    12. DW Implementation & Enhancement

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    • Management and Information Systems Concepts

    • Strategy Models

    • Strategic Use of Information Resources

    • IT, Organizational Design and Management Control

    • Technology and Work Design

    • Business Process Management (BPM)

    • Strategy, Architecture and Infrastructure

    • IT/IS Sourcing

    • IT Governance and Ethics

    • IT Funding

    • Project Management

    • Data, Information, Knowledge Management and Business Analytics

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

  • Modules:

    1. Systems Concepts and Roles

    2. Systems Development Approaches

    3. Project Management Process, Methodologies, & Techniques

    4. Systems Project Planning

    5. Systems Requirements Determination

    6. Systems Process Requirements Structuring

    7. Systems Data Requirements Structuring

    8. Logical & Physical Design

    9. Designing Forms, Reports, Interfaces and Dialogues

    10. Distributed and Internet systems considerations & Documentation

    11. Implementation Considerations

    12. Maintenance Considerations

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    Textbook: ​

    Upon registration, textbook information will be provided to the applicant. Textbooks can be purchased through Amazon or other vendors. 

Passing Requirements

50% or higher

Professional Requirements

Adherence to the ICCP Code of Ethics

Assistant

Foundational Level

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Certification Levels

​Note: If you've achieved a foundation credential by taking the foundation level exams you must retake the exams at 90 minute duration (but at a significantly reduced member price) for any of the higher levels which are extended duration and variety examinations.

Certification Levels

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