Associate Certified Analytics Professional
The Associate Certified Analytics Professional (aCAP) designation connotes an entry-level analytics professional who is educated in the analytics process but may not have experience in practice yet.
This prestigious program is the beginning of a career pathway that leads to the elite CAP designation. Those with aCAP designations have:
- Educational achievement, at the master's level or above in an analytics/data program
- Agreed to the analytics code of ethics
- Verified Competency as an analytics professional
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Stands for Associate Certified Analytics Professional
- Available only to those without required experience for CAP
- Applicants need a master's degree and must agree to code of ethics
- Transferrable credential for new analytics professionals
- Focused on 7 domains of analytics process: 1. Business Problem Framing, 2. Analytics Problem Framing, 3. Data, 4. Methodology Selection, 5. Model Building, 6. Deployment, 7. Lifecycle Management
- Global accessibility through computer-based testing
- Base price is $300. INFORMS member discounts may be applied
- Renew every three years with professional development units
- Must convert to CAP within 6 years of earning aCAP
- Sponsored by INFORMS, a neutral party
- Vendor and software neutral
- Created by teams of subject matter experts from practice, academia and government
WHY SEEK aCAP?
- Enhances your resume
- Increases professional credibility
- Sets you apart from your competition
- Displays knowledge of analytics process
- Promotes personal satisfaction
- Recognizes investment in your analytics career
- Demonstrates commitment to the field
- Stresses continued professional development
- May provide increased salary
- Establishes a career pathway
- Important career step to earning the prestigious CAP
PREPARE
Augment your knowledge or study needs with
- Interactive sample test questions
- Informative webinars
- Study Guide - self-directed study by domains of practice
- Recommended resource texts
- Roster of available courses on analytics topics
offered by INFORMS- Check the website for up to the minute information & answers to frequently asked questions.
PROGRAM CONTENT AREA
- Business Problem Framing
- Analytics Problem Framing
- Data
- Methodology (Approach) Selection
- Model Building
- Deployment
- Lifecycle Management
See complete job analysis at https://www.certifiedanalytics.org/jta.php.
